Learning Resources

Abstract: In an article excerpted from his inaugural address, Johns Hopkins president William Brody examines a challenge facing all institutions, especially top-ranked research universities: how do new technologies affect institutions in their efforts to discover and disseminate new knowledge? The author suggests three possible effects: increasingly virtual campuses, expanded outlook and outreach, and greater emphasis on lifelong learning.

Abstract: Book Review: Managing Diversity: People Skills for a Multicultural Workplac, by Norma Carr-Ruffino. Thomas Executive Press, 1996. 559 pages. ISBN 0-538-84456-6.

Abstract: Have institutions neglected a fruitful way to implement their plans for change? Subtitles: From little acorns...; Factors to remember; Multiplying the transformers. Pull quotes: "Planning theory teaches one thing, life another." "Each little problem should be seen as an opportunity to introduce new ideas and practices." "Planning may be relying too heavily on top leadership and budgeting incentives." "Implementation happens in the trenches." "We often don't allow ourselves time to think."

Abstract: Book Review: The executive Architect: Transforming Designers into Leaders, by John Harrigan, and Paul Neel. John WIley, 1996. 336 pages. ISbn 0-471-11352-2

Abstract: Book Review: Talking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sicences, by Elaine Seymour and Nancy Hewitt. Westview Press, 1997. 429 pages. ISBN 0-8133-8926-7.

Abstract: Book Review: Generation X goes to College: An Eye-Opening Accout of TEaching in Postmodern America, by Peter Sacks, Open COurt Publishing Company, 1996. 201 pages. ISBN 0-8126-9314-0

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Overcoming the neglect; Reconnecting with planning and policy. Pull quotes: "What accounts for the gulf between higher education research and worlds of policy, planning, and practice?" "Substantial work awaits us in examining the relation between technology and learning outcomes." "Attitudes, values, reward systems, and even philosophies will have to change." "It is time to do something.."

Abstract: Motivated originally by fear, the people rebuilt their campus, its programs, and its position in the higher education firmament. Subtitles: The "good " old days; Rethinking the college; Repositioning the college; The remake of Elon; Creating distincstiveness; Quality everywhere; What about tomorrow? Pull quotes: "We thought we would lose students, so we had to scramble." "When the faculty saw the drawings, they were thunderstruck." "The leaders decided to become a different kind of college." "The trustees were highly influential in the repositioning." "You can't design a curriculum for nerds when the students are not nerds." "We chose four values and made them the modern equivalent of old-time religious inculcation." "For us, a new show begins every day at 8 a.m."