Learning Resources

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Why the new callousness? Pull quotes: "Admissions directors have become more expendable than old newspapers or losing football coaches." "A top admissions dean can exert, at most, a 10 percent influence." "Professors fear cutbacks. So they press for a go-getter who can keep their classes full." "Academic chiefs have been reluctant to modernize their programs, and enforce better teaching." "Isn't it time that admissions deans sat on the president's cabinet?"

Abstract: Book Review: Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health and Safety Considerations, second edition, by Louis Di Berardinis et al. John Wiley Sons, 1993. 514 pages. ISBN 0-471-55463-4.

Abstract: Subtitles: To begin; Enter the computers; How is it going?; Appraising the strategy. Pull quotes: "We had to create a new strategy for our periodicals." "The library decided to capitalize on Stevens Institute's distinctiveness." "Faculty and students want articles, not journals." "We have changed the nature of the library."

Abstract: Subtitles: Response to the cuts; Thinking anew; The knell and the new. Pull quotes: "Prospects for a return to robust state appropriations seem dim." "What formula should states use to fund their public institutions?" "Each institution would thus have different cost bases." "The time for across-the-board tuitions caps may have passed." "Tuitions in the state should be more variegated, not uniform as they are today."

Abstract: Book review: The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of COmmunity, edited by Peter Katz. McGraw-Hill, 1994.425 pages. ISBN 0-07-03388902. The New City, Volume 2: The American City, edited by Jean-Francois Le Jeune. University of Miami School of Architecture, Winter 1993-94. 151 pages. ISBN 1-878271-86-5.

Abstract: Book review: Four Multicampus Systems: Some Policies and Practices That Work, by Marian Gade. Association of Governing Boards, 1993. 70 pages. ISBN 0-926508-01-6. Shared Visions of Public Higher Education Governance: Structures and Leadership Styles That Work, by Edgar Schick, Richard Novack, James Norton, and Houston Elam. American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 1992. 179 pages. ISBN 0-88044-132-1.

Abstract: Book Review: Affirmative Action and the University: A Philosophical Inquiry, edited by Steven Cahn. Temple University, 1993. 299 pages. ISBN 1-56639-030-3.

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Do it yourself Pull quotes: "It helps to use a little imagination with punctuation."

Abstract: Over the last 15 years, an important new administrative position has emerged at hundreds of colleges and universities. Known as the chief information officer (CIO) or senior information technology executive (SITE), this important position has appeared because of the tremendous growth in the technology and telecommunications industry. In addition, the necessity to integrate new technology (the computer center) with traditional educational methods (the library), reduce costs, and manage technology growth has made the CIO/SITE a valuable institutional asset. There are three routes of entry into the CIO/SITE position. Many people come from faculty positions, where knowledge of politics, economics, and social issues in higher education is important. A few enter from industry, and others through library science. There are six models to help colleges and universities plan for the transition to high-tech higher education: (1) The CIO/SITE has almost complete control of information technologies. (2) The CIO/SITE is in charge of many, but not all, informational resources. (3) The CIO/SITE controls technological operations while traditional administrators handle nontechnical operations. (4) The librarian is the CIO/SITE if he or she knows about technology. (5) An in-house technology consultant with minor management responsiblities has control. (6) There is no CIO/SITE. As the technology revolution continues, higher education institutions will have a greater need to plan for and manage it. The CIO/SITE will not only install the information infrastructure but will have to stay informed about the tremendous amount of new technology. The CIO/SITE is a necessary member of colleges and universites.