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Abstract: Suggests a number of potential changes colleges and universities could make to better serve their populations and utilize their facilities. A revised academic calendar, competence-based exams, and integration of student employment into the academic programs are among the changes proposed which, taken together and implemented across institutions, the author contends could markedly transform the higher education system in the United States.

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In-House Master Planning

By: Charles Hight,John Lincourt

How one university decided to shape its own master plan.

From Volume 24 Number 3 | Spring 1996

Abstract: In an attempt to reduce or eliminate the problems associated with hiring outside architects to draw up master plans, the president of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte created an in-house master planning task force to oversee the bulk of the master planning efforts. Outlines the various stages the task force underwent in the planning process, including educating its members about campus design, creating a vision, determining essential values, and drawing up guidelines for the planning process.

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Is Education Biased Against Religion?

By: D. G. Hart

From Volume 24 Number 3 | Spring 1996

Abstract: Book Review: Religion and American Education: Rethinking a National Dilemma, by Warren Nord. University of North Carolina Press. 1995. 458 pages. ISBN 0-8078-4478-0.

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