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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
December 1, 2001

How to Build a Residential College

By: Robert J O'Hara

From Volume 30 Number 2 | Winter 2001–2002

Abstract: The quality of campus life in large universities has declined over the years as faculty have given up responsibility for student life outside the classroom and institutions have become ever more bureaucratized. To solve this problem, universities should establish systems of small, decentralized academic communities modeled ultimately on the residential colleges of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. In the United States, Harvard and Yale Universities first adopted this residential college model in the 1930s, and it is now spreading to many institutions, public and private, large and small.

Institutions Mentioned: University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Yale University

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
September 1, 2000

Planning for Interdisciplinary Integration

By: Cahal Stephens

Increasingly, institutions are constructing unified science centers -- the physical counterpart of multidisciplinary curricula.

From Volume 29 Number 1 | Fall 2000

Abstract: While it was once common to find separate buildings dedicated to the study and research of chemistry, biology, physics, and the earth sciences, there is a current movement in college and university settings toward unifying the science disciplines in one building or complex. This article addresses, in detail, this trend toward unification by discussing the driving forces behind the trend, the benefits of integrated science facilities, the challenges of the planning and design process, and the intricacies of the design approach.

Institutions Mentioned: Skidmore College, Williams College, Middlebury College, Chatham University, Bowdoin College

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
March 1, 2000

How Universities Adapt Grand Old Homes to Gain Both Space and Grace

By: David Paul Helpern,Stephen Engblom,Margaret Castillo

Universities are absorbing historic houses to fulfill their mission and round out the facilities inventory.

From Volume 28 Number 3 | Spring 2000

Abstract: Increasingly, historic or merely old houses near campuses are being absorbed by universities to fulfill their educational mission and round out the facilities inventory. But are they worth converting? Experts in assessing and adapting these residential structures discuss the pro's and con's.

Institutions Mentioned: New York University, Yale University, Wesleyan University

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
April 1, 1998

Dealing With the Press

By: John Burness

From Volume 26 Number 3 | Spring 1998

Abstract: Book review of Truth and Consequences: Colleges and Universitites Meet Public Crises, by Jerrold Footlick. ACE/Oryx Press, 1997. 192 pages. ISBN 0-89774-970-7. Pull quotes: "The press is not likely to change how it operates, so universities need to learn how to deal with the media more skillfully."

Institutions Mentioned: Stanford University, University of Utah, University of Georgia, University of South Carolina-Columbia, University of Virginia-Main Campus, Brown University, Ohio State University-Main Campus, CUNY Queens College
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