Learning Resources

Abstract: Book review: Visions of the Future, by robert Heilbroner. Oxford university Press, 1995. 128 pages. ISBN 0-19-509074-8

Abstract: Book Review: Modernism at Mid-Century: The Architecture of the U.S. Air force Academy, edited by robert Bruegmann. University of Chicago press, 1995. 200 pages. ISBN 02326-07693-8

Abstract: Book review: Strategic Marketing for Educational Institutions, by Philip Kotler and Karen F. A. Fox. Second edition. Prentice-Hall, 1995. 474 pages. ISBN 0-13-668989-2.

Abstract: Subtitles: The storm begins; Push comes to shove; What made it possible; And then the backlash; Pull quotes: "Across the country higher education support is being squeezed out." "Governor Schaefer was not happy." "The entire network was stunned by the rapidity with which the Regents acted." "Good data were a critical factor."

Abstract: Book review: The Nondesigner's Design Book: Design and typographic Principles for the Visual Novice, by Robin Williams. Peachpit Press, 1994. 144 pages. ISBN 1-56609-159-4.

Abstract: Book review: The Law of Higher Education, third edition, by William Kaplin and Barbara Lee. Jossey-Bass, 1995. 1056 pages. ISBN 0-7879-0052-4.

Abstract: Book review: The Power of the Place: How Our Surroundings Shape Our Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions, by Winifred Gallagher. Harper Perennial, 1994. 240 pages. ISBN 0-06-097602-0

Abstract: Subtitles: Anatomy of benchmarking; The vital parts; How do colleges learn?; It's no one's responsibility; What's the corrective?; How does it work? Pull quotes: "Benchmarking is not a simple matter of visiting the finest competitors." "There are really two parts to benchmarking." "Universities can learn a great deal from the best non-educational enterprises." "It is most effective when performed by a team." "The first impression of a campus can have a powerful effect." "Faculty members tend to see money spent on campus grounds as a frivolous expenditure." "Newer campus plantings look like those around large suburban homes." "The campus landscape assessment is a different animal."F

Abstract: Book review: organizational and Technologiacl Startegies for Higher Education in the Information Age, by David Ernst, Richard Katz, and John Sack. CAUSE Professional Paper Series, No. 13, 1995. 25 pages.