Learning Resources

Abstract: The number of borrowers and the amount of the loans are both growing. What should education planners do? Subtitles: The explosion in borrowing; Should educators worry?; But what about the future?; Possible assistance. Pull quotes: "Some colleges are now giving back one-third of their tuition revenue to students." "Debt for graduate and professional school study is growing." "Some borrowers will still be paying when it is time for their own children to go to college." "The way that students pay for higher education is going through significant changes."

Abstract: Subtitles: The book's reception; Watchdogs and escaping cats; Down at the roots; Reification or reality?; Are there several intelligences?; Genes versus the environment; America's new class structure; And in closing... Pull quotes: "Equality of opportunity is creating a radically new class structure." " what I find most revealing is the almost uniform rejection of the book's findings." "The Bell Curve has exposed a mighty clash between two great paradigms." "As the number of items increases something truly remarkable happens." "Far more than social background, IQ determines which youths will never receive a high school diploma." "Colleges now identify and select the best minds for high positions."

Abstract: How colleges can design buildings to foster collegiality and productivity. Subtitles: The four promoters of talk; Moving people on campus. Pull quotes: "Planners should demand that architecture pay attention to the enhancement of exchanges and visits." "Magnets are important to draw faculty out of their offices." "Atriums have become popular linking floor levels." "Campus architecture should be grounded in the research on behavior."

Abstract: Campus planners can help architects by providing better guidelines for design. Subtitles: Function, not discipline; Designing with nature; Appearance is important; Pull quotes: "A thorough program is a mjaor factor in getting an outstanding new building." "We once rotated a building on its site some 10 feet." "A campus should not be a museum of idiosyncratic architectural expressions." "The program should let the architect know where the college stands."

Abstract: Book review: The Contemplative Practitioner: Meditation in Education and the Professions, by John Miller. Bergin & Harvey. 161 pages. ISBN 0-89789-401-4.

Abstract: Should we prefer standardized tests or high standards for everyone? Subtitles: A choice of intelligences; Those intelligence tests; How universities select the cognitive elite; Troubles in the methodology; Ethnicity, IQ, and social policy. Pull quotes: "Perhaps the most important social trend is the growing establishment of a new class." "Rating human intelligence is complex.: "People with lower IQ's are more likely to experience the greatest problems." "Only 10 percent of the 1952 entering class at Harvard would be competitive in the admissions process today." "It is peculiar how their fetish for the normal distribution is suspended when defining dependent variables other than IQ." "Is the cognitive elite among African Americans also attending college...and living a better life?" "What should the nation's policies be toward individuals and groups who rate at various points throughout the distribution?"

Abstract: How should higher education deal with the variability of genetic differences? Subtitles: How much are IQ differences inherited?; The fruits of meritocracy; Defining the Cognitive Classes; What is IQ?; Cognition and social behavior; Are some groups more intelligent?; What social policies are needed? Pull quotes: "Individual variability is the biological norm, and humans are no exception." "As society reduces barriers, genetic differences become more important." "Today's elite college and university students come from all strata and backgrounds." "The United States has increasingly become a meritocracy of intelligence." "IQ test are not culturally biased, as is often alleged." "There is little evidence that current programs have any long-lasting effects on IQ scores." "They claim U.S. education has been 'dumbed down." "The book points to the ironies of achieving a new society based more fully on intellectual merit."

Abstract: As we enter the twenty-first century, we face the uncertainty of the changes that mark our transformation from the Industrial Age to the Information Age. How we meet the challenges of that transformation will determine our ability to succeed in the new age. This book, which became a national best seller, provides readers in the field of higher education with insights into how they can meet the challenges. The following chapters are included: "Paradigm Lost, Paradigm Found," "What Is Transformation?" "Realigning with the Information Age Environment," "Redesigning to Meet the Needs of Information Age Learners," "Redefining Roles, Responsibilities, and Productivity," "Reengineering Organizational Processes," and "Introducing a Transformative Model to Your Campus."

Abstract: Book Review: Water and Architecture, Charles Moore, with photographs by Jane Lidz. Harry Abrams, 1994. 244 pages. ISBN 0-8109-3975-4.

Abstract: While historic preservation of campus architecture has become widely supported within the last generation, it has at the same time become more complicated. Ehrenkrantz and Eckstut have suggested a three part planning strategy. Part one: planners should gather basic informationon each campus building. Next each part of the building should be rated for preservation. 1 might mean a detail or space of great importance which should be carefully restored, while 5 might be an unimportant space which should be modernized to suit current needs. Part two: A phased plan should be develop which spans the next decade with proirities established and a clear sequence including cost estimates. Flexibility should be built into renovations and new construction as anticipation of further renovation. Part three: The next step is to identify athe means and methods weighing such as availability of materials and suitablility of today's program. If a preservation campaign is well planned it can be done well at the same cost of even under the cost of new construction, and will demonstrate the respect for history and culture embodied in the institution.