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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
October 1, 1996

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Planning and Pain in Miami

By: Mimi Wolverton

An acclaimed program of changes results in unexpected consequences.

From Volume 25 Number 1 | Fall 1996

Abstract: Reviews the history of former President Robert McCabe’s tenure at Miami-Dade Community College. In so doing, the author provide clues not only to what prompted McCabe’s departure, but suggests how substantive strategic change at any institution might result in unintended consequences, such as the ousting of a transformational leader.

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
October 1, 1996

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Planners and the Craft of Writing

By: George C. Keller

From Volume 25 Number 1 | Fall 1996

Abstract: Book review: A Writer's Companion, by Richard Marius. Third Edition. McGraw-Hill, 1995. 241 pages. ISBN 0-07-040526-3. On Writing Well, by William Zinsser. Fifth Edition. Harper Collins, 1994. 287 pages. ISBN 0-06-273303-6.

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
October 1, 1996

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Managing Higher Education as a Business

By: Robert Culver

Colleges Are a Business!

From Volume 25 Number 1 | Fall 1996

Abstract: Book review: Managing Higher Education as a business, by Robert Lenington. Oryx Press, 1996. 128 pages. ISBN 1-57356-023-5.

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
October 1, 1996

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Reconstructing the First Year of College

By: Vincent Tinto

Colleges may need to refocus their retention programs.

From Volume 25 Number 1 | Fall 1996

Abstract: Reviews the scope and common causes of student attrition, highlighting seven major reasons for withdrawal: academic difficulty, adjustment problems, goal development or orientation, weak or external commitments, financial challenges, lack of congruence between the student and the institution, or isolation. Institutions have developed an array of retention programs in response. One such response, the development of learning communities, is explored in depth.

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
July 1, 1996

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Distancing Your College Courses

By: Deborah Allen Carey

Here's a guide for planners to the complex, multiplying, fast-changing activities in distance education.

From Volume 24 Number 4 | Summer 1996

Abstract: Describes the evolution of distance learning from information delivery to interactive presentations, and outlines three models – the traditional, the transitional, and the advanced – for implementing or restructuring distance education. Focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of each model, including initial costs, maintenance, level of interaction between students and instructor, and opportunities for partnerships with educational institutions and businesses.

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