Learning Resources

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Up in my hotel; The campus: same but different; Pull quotes: "Why is higher education clinging to century-old practices?" "Planning has entered a new era of radical change and reengineering.

Abstract: Book Review: Green Architecture: A guide to Sustainable Design, edited by Micheal Crosbie. AIA Press, 1994. 191 pages. ISBN 1-55835-127-2

Abstract: Book Review: Envisioning Architecture: An Analysis of Drawing, by Iain Fraser and Rod Henni. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994. 187 pages. ISBN 0-442-01103-2.

Abstract: The author reflects on changes in legal standards and political support for affirmative action, and urges reconsideration of campus affirmative action policies and programs. Reviews recent federal court decisions, tracks how public opinion and demographics have shifted in the last thirty years, and proposes that campus affirmative action programs should address one of three goals: remedying past discrimination, expanding diversity, or promoting social justice.

Abstract: Book review: Managing Today's University: Strategies for Viability, Change, and Excellence (second edition), by frederick Balderston. Joseey-Bass, 1995. 379 pages. ISBN 0-7879-0072-9

Abstract: Book review: The Challenge and Promise of a Catholic University, edited by Theodore hesburgh. University of Notre Dame Press, 1994. 381 pages. ISBN 0-268-00803-5.

Abstract: Subtitles: Phooey on vision; The new demands; Vision's key ingredients; Misconceptions and fallacies; An emotional lever for change. Pull quotes: "Human beings have been provided with two kinds of vision." "The caretaker view of college leadership has become a perilous one." "How can a university decentralize and still have a coordinated effort?" "The vision must have a tangible outcome." "Colleges lack sufficient powers of social invention." "Visions speak to our entire selves.

Abstract: Book Review: Living Without a Goal, by James Ogilvy. Doubleday, 1995. 201 pages. ISBN 0-385-41799-3.

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Reuniting the campus fragments; A more common touch. Pull quotes: "Course overlap is sanity itself compared with the absurdity of program duplication." "Imagine a campus that devoted one day a week to very large events."

Abstract: A primer for planners about higher education's "cost disease" and its future effects. Subtitles: Why the cost disease?; Can we afford higher education?; Reallocating national resources; The huge job of persuasion. Pull quotes: "The cost of American higher education has quadrupled over the 42-year period." "In higher education the nature of the products make their production a handicraft activity." "Personal services are condemned to slower productivity growth." "By 2040 education and health care alone could well absorb over half of the entire GNP." "Higher education is an example of the need for reconceived practices."