Learning Resources

Abstract: Between the master plan and the design of single buildings is a neglected province of microplanning. Subtitles: Rice University remembers; The Cal Tech rediscoveries; Irvine lost and found; Stanford's decline, fall, and recovery; Lessons for microplanning. Pull quotes: "It calls for a different kind of expertise--that of microplanning small compus spaces." "Pelli was able to understand the original vision and reapply it in a contemporary way." "The 3-D computer models were able to propose different building and open space configurations." "Signature buildings have done little to clarify the campus organization." "Colleges need to think small as well as large."

Abstract: Book Review: Generation X goes to College: An Eye-Opening Accout of TEaching in Postmodern America, by Peter Sacks, Open COurt Publishing Company, 1996. 201 pages. ISBN 0-8126-9314-0

Abstract: Book Review: Managing Diversity: People Skills for a Multicultural Workplac, by Norma Carr-Ruffino. Thomas Executive Press, 1996. 559 pages. ISBN 0-538-84456-6.

Abstract: Reengineering a faculty's pedagogy and academic programs is hard. But it can be done. Subtitles: From experiments to overhaul; What we learned; Making change natural. Pull quotes: "The students became more actively engaged and less bored." "Naturally some students don't like the new pedagogy and resist the changes." "Reengineering change requires no exemptions." "To justify investments in technology, classroom teaching must change."

Abstract: How traditional and virtual environments can be integrated to alter campus life and learming.

Abstract: Have institutions neglected a fruitful way to implement their plans for change? Subtitles: From little acorns...; Factors to remember; Multiplying the transformers. Pull quotes: "Planning theory teaches one thing, life another." "Each little problem should be seen as an opportunity to introduce new ideas and practices." "Planning may be relying too heavily on top leadership and budgeting incentives." "Implementation happens in the trenches." "We often don't allow ourselves time to think."

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Overcoming the neglect; Reconnecting with planning and policy. Pull quotes: "What accounts for the gulf between higher education research and worlds of policy, planning, and practice?" "Substantial work awaits us in examining the relation between technology and learning outcomes." "Attitudes, values, reward systems, and even philosophies will have to change." "It is time to do something.."

Abstract: Book Review: A License to Teach: Building a Profession for the 21st Century, by LInda Darling-Hammond, Arthur Wise, and Stephen Klien. Westview press, 1995. 225 pages. ISBN 0-8133-2531-5.

Abstract: Book Reivew: Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. HArper Collins, 1996. 442 pages. ISBN 0-06-017133-2.