Learning Resources

Abstract: Private colleges and universities increasingly are being asked to shoulder their share of municipal and regional tax burdens, thereby ending their age-old tax exempt status. In particular, the author cites four strategies used to pressure institutions into making tax payments: taxing only on property used for auxilliary or non-educational purposes; denying exemptions for leased property; redefining what kinds of institutions qualify for tax-exempt status; and demanding annual gifts of money or service in lieu of taxes. Advocates planning for the growing likelihood that an institution’s tax-exempt privileges will eventually be challenged.

Abstract: Book review: Discovering Design: Exploration in Design Studies, edited by Richard Buchanan and Victor Margolin. University of Chicago Press, 1995. 252 pages. ISBN 0-226-07815-9

Abstract: Book review: Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of COnsturction in the Nineteenth and twentieth Century, by Kenneth Framton. MIT Press, 1995. 411 pages. ISBN 0-262-06173-2.

Abstract: Book Review: Prescribing the LIfe of the Mind: An Easy on the Purpose of the University, the Aims of Liberal Education, the Competence of CItizens, adn the Cultivation of Pracitcal Reason, by Charles Anderson. University of Wisconsin press, 1996. 173 pages. ISBN 0-299-138-348.

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.