Learning Resources

Abstract: Book review: Restructuring Higher Education: What Works and What Doesn't in Reorganizing Governing Systems, edited bt TErrence MacTaggert, Jossey-Bass, 1996. 260 pages. ISBN 0-7879-0193-8.

Abstract: They distrust each other but need each other. Is there hope for better relations? Subtitles: The big change in education reporting; What can be done?; Pull quotes: "Neither the typical academic nor the average journalist understands well what the other does." "There has been a major shift in the way the American press treats education." "Be as open with the press as you possibly can. And be open quickly." "The public relations officer should be as accomplished as the financial vice president or dean of the law school." "Colleges and universities will need to plan more strategically to educate legislators and the public."

Abstract: Book review: Beyond Fund Raising: New Strategies for Nonprofit Innovation and Investment, by Kay Sprinkel Grace, John Wiley & Sons, 1997. 288 pages. ISBN 0-47-16232-9.

Abstract: Book review: Free Speech in the College Community, by Robert O'Neil. Indiana University Press, 1997. 280 pages. ISBN 0-253-332-67-2

Abstract: Book Review: Planning and Mangement for a change Environment: A handbook on Redesigning Postsecondary Institutions, edited by Marvin Peterson, David Dill, and Lisa Mets. Jossey-Bates, 1997. 562 pages. ISBN 0-7879-3875-0

Abstract: Book Review: Publishing Books, edited by Everette Denis, Craig LaMay, and Edward pease, Transaction Publishers, 1996, i86 pages. ISBN 1-500-0905-5.

Abstract: Outlines challenges facing institutions attempting to meet the needs of foreign-born and international students, such as measuring English language competency and degree of readiness for college-level work, understanding cultural norms and expectations, and providing support services. Offers suggestions for addressing immigrant and foreign student needs, including redesigned orientation programs, intensive English language skills classes, better academic advising and counseling, greater multicultural sensitivity, and increased scholarship funding.

Abstract: Book Reviews: Strategic Change in College and Universities, by Daniel Rowley, Herman Lujan, and Micheal Dolence. Jossey-Bass, 1997. 334 pages. ISBN 0-7879-0348-5.

Abstract: In a review of his forty-year career in campus planning, the author traces not only the development of campus planning as a field, but examines the conditions that make for "good" plans. He concludes with a summary of physical development needs now faced by most campuses, including faculty offices, landscaping, "green" (energy-saving) architecture, and the preservation of historic buildings and removal of past errors in campus design.

Abstract: Book Review: A Learning College for the 21st Century, by Terry O'Banion. American Association of Community College/Oryx Press, 1997. 250 pages. ISBN 1-57356-113-4