Learning Resources

Abstract: Book Reviews: Strategic Change in College and Universities, by Daniel Rowley, Herman Lujan, and Micheal Dolence. Jossey-Bass, 1997. 334 pages. ISBN 0-7879-0348-5.

Abstract: Outlines challenges facing institutions attempting to meet the needs of foreign-born and international students, such as measuring English language competency and degree of readiness for college-level work, understanding cultural norms and expectations, and providing support services. Offers suggestions for addressing immigrant and foreign student needs, including redesigned orientation programs, intensive English language skills classes, better academic advising and counseling, greater multicultural sensitivity, and increased scholarship funding.

Abstract: Book Review: Planning and Mangement for a change Environment: A handbook on Redesigning Postsecondary Institutions, edited by Marvin Peterson, David Dill, and Lisa Mets. Jossey-Bates, 1997. 562 pages. ISBN 0-7879-3875-0

Abstract: Book Review: Publishing Books, edited by Everette Denis, Craig LaMay, and Edward pease, Transaction Publishers, 1996, i86 pages. ISBN 1-500-0905-5.

Abstract: Colleges and universities must respond and respond swiftly to the array of pressures and concerns, both internal and external, with which they are now faced. But who will carry out the necessary reforms? Contends that the greatest barrier to such reform is shared governance, and that campuses must return to "first principles" of higher education leadership, which recognize the president as chief transformational leader and the faculty as consultants, not equal players, in the management of an institution.

Abstract: Reflects on the growing trend to link construction and renovation with income-producing schemes: conferences, institutes, receptions, lectures, and other special events organized by outside groups in need of appropriate facilities. Focuses in particular on retail and hotel accommodations and fitness facilities as primary vehicles for generating revenues.

Abstract: Book review: Free Speech in the College Community, by Robert O'Neil. Indiana University Press, 1997. 280 pages. ISBN 0-253-332-67-2

Abstract: Book review: Restructuring Higher Education: What Works and What Doesn't in Reorganizing Governing Systems, edited bt TErrence MacTaggert, Jossey-Bass, 1996. 260 pages. ISBN 0-7879-0193-8.

Abstract: Asserts that institutional rankings based on quantitative measures are largely meaningless; comparative, qualititative measures are the only useful measure of an institution’s strengths and weaknesses relative to its peer institutions. Advocates providing more honest and thorough information to students struggling to determine which institution is the best "fit," and suggests three foci for campus planners and policymakers: student body composition; interaction between students, faculty, and administrators; and the physical plant.

Abstract: They distrust each other but need each other. Is there hope for better relations? Subtitles: The big change in education reporting; What can be done?; Pull quotes: "Neither the typical academic nor the average journalist understands well what the other does." "There has been a major shift in the way the American press treats education." "Be as open with the press as you possibly can. And be open quickly." "The public relations officer should be as accomplished as the financial vice president or dean of the law school." "Colleges and universities will need to plan more strategically to educate legislators and the public."