Learning Resources

Abstract: Book Review: The Academic Crisis of the Community College, by Dennis McGrath and Martin Spear. State University of New York Press, 1991. 170 pages.

Abstract: College and university music buildings are different from other campus buildings. They require advanced acoustical planning to control sound and noise, specialized design and construction, and additional cost. The different design features behoove the institution to initiate early and advanced acoustical planing for the sound of music. The initial acoustical planning issue is who will use the building and how. Normally, this includes community groups, and music and theater groups. A second concern is an effective design of the centerpiece of every music education facility--the recital hall. A third consideration is cost. Campus music buildings' outlay is twice the amount of institutional classrooms. A fourth issue is whether the facilities provide an appropriate music enviroment. Music buildings must enhance teaching, practice, rehearsal, and recording. Finally, there are design issues such as room acoustics: do they provide "sound and vibration isolation from internal and external noise" and do they filter mechanical system noise? Essentially acoustical planning for university music facilities is an important aspect of campus planning.

Abstract: Book Review: Athletics and Academe: An Anatomy of Abuses and a Prescription fro Reform, by Wilford Bailey and Taylor Littleton. ACE/Macmillan, 1991. 147 pages.

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Where's the beef?; Three for your action agenda. Pull quotes: "The level of confidence in higher education has hit an all-time low." "The U.S. could become the largest banana republic." "Teach students better, and teach our political leaders."

Abstract: Book review: Campus Design, by Richard Dober. Wiley, 1992. 289 pages.

Abstract: Book Review: Economic Challenges in Higher Education, by Charles Clotfedler, Ronald Ehrenburg, Malcolm Getz, and John Siegfried. University of Chicago Press, 1991. 392 pages.