Learning Resources

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: 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: Subtitles: The book's reception; Watchdogs and escaping cats; Down at the roots; Reification or reality?; Are there several intelligences?; Genes versus the environment; America's new class structure; And in closing... Pull quotes: "Equality of opportunity is creating a radically new class structure." " what I find most revealing is the almost uniform rejection of the book's findings." "The Bell Curve has exposed a mighty clash between two great paradigms." "As the number of items increases something truly remarkable happens." "Far more than social background, IQ determines which youths will never receive a high school diploma." "Colleges now identify and select the best minds for high positions."

Abstract: Book review: The Contemplative Practitioner: Meditation in Education and the Professions, by John Miller. Bergin & Harvey. 161 pages. ISBN 0-89789-401-4.

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.

Abstract: Book review: The Art and Politics of College teaching, edited by R. McLaran Sawyer, Keith Prichard, adn Karl Hostetler. Peter Lang, 1992. 344 pages. ISBN 0-8204-1684-3 The New Faculty Memeber: Supporting and Fostering Professional Development, by Robert Boice. Jossey-Bass, 1993. 364 pages. ISBN 1-5542-423-6. University Politics: F.M. Cornford's Cambridge and His Advice to the Young Academic Politician, by Gordon Johnson. Cambridge University Press, 1994. 112 pages. ISBN 0-521-46919-8.