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The Push for Green Architecture

By: Calvert W. Audrain

From Volume 24 Number 1 | Fall 1995

Abstract: Book Review: Green Architecture: A guide to Sustainable Design, edited by Micheal Crosbie. AIA Press, 1994. 191 pages. ISBN 1-55835-127-2

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A Hard Look at Campus Finances

By: Malcolm Getz

From Volume 24 Number 1 | Fall 1995

Abstract: Book Review: Paying the Piper: Productivity, Incentives, and Financing in U.S. Higher education, by Micheal McPherson, Morton Owen Schapiro, and gordon Winston. University of Michigan Press, 1993. 335 pages. ISBN 0-472-10404-7.

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To Use Knowledge More Beneficially

By: Ernest Lynton

From Volume 24 Number 1 | Fall 1995

Abstract: Book review: Knowledge Without Boundaries: What America's research Universities Can Do for the Economy, the Workplace, and the Community, by Mary Lindenstein Walshok. Jossey-Bass, 1995. 299 pages. ISBN 0-7879-0086-9.

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Do Planners Need a Wakeup Call?

By: Alan Charles Freeman

From Volume 24 Number 1 | Fall 1995

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Up in my hotel; The campus: same but different; Pull quotes: "Why is higher education clinging to century-old practices?" "Planning has entered a new era of radical change and reengineering.

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U.S. Universities in Japan: Some Painful Lessons

By: Marge Graves

Planning for branch campuses in foreign countries may require unusual components.

From Volume 24 Number 1 | Fall 1995

Abstract: Examines the rapid expansion of U.S. branch campuses in Japan in the 1980s and early 1990s, of which nearly two-thirds have now closed. Based on an in-depth study of seven campuses and nearly 50 interviews, the author identifies common problems and makes recommendations for establishing branch campuses overseas.

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Drawing: Imagination’s Vital Instrument

By: C. William Brubaker

From Volume 24 Number 1 | Fall 1995

Abstract: Book Review: Envisioning Architecture: An Analysis of Drawing, by Iain Fraser and Rod Henni. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994. 187 pages. ISBN 0-442-01103-2.

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Wanted: New Leadership for Higher Education

By: Barry Munitz,

Are traditional forms of presidential leadership and faculty governance outmoded?

From Volume 24 Number 1 | Fall 1995

Abstract: The financial and social context within which colleges and universities operate has changed, but how institutions function generally has not. Contends that shared governance must be reevaluated and streamlined, while preserving its underlying values. Also advocates that institutional leadership address not only campus issues but broad social policies. Promotes changes in three areas: presidential selection criteria, attitudes towards academic management, and faculty governance and reward systems.

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Has Student Affairs Gone Astray?

By: James Tederman

From Volume 24 Number 1 | Fall 1995

Abstract: Book Review: Reform in Student Affairs: A Critique of Student Development, by Paul Bloland, Louis Stamatakos, adn Russell Rogers. ERIC Counseling and STudent Services Clearing House, School of Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1994. 115 pages. ISBN 1-56109-060-3.

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What Kind of Workstations for the Laboratories?

By: Nolan W. Watson

Today's laboratories require facilities planners who understand the new environment for scientific work.

From Volume 24 Number 1 | Fall 1995

Abstract: Identifies and describes four basic types of laboratory workbenches, or casework systems, which campus facilities planners must evaluate when redesigning or constructing new research and instructional labs. Also presents general considerations for choosing laboratory furniture, and gives suggestions for navigating among them.

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Managing the Postmodern University

By: Peter Flawn

From Volume 24 Number 1 | Fall 1995

Abstract: Book review: Managing Today's University: Strategies for Viability, Change, and Excellence (second edition), by frederick Balderston. Joseey-Bass, 1995. 379 pages. ISBN 0-7879-0072-9

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