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What Not to Do About Sagging Admissions

By: David Treadwell, Jr.

From Volume 23 Number 2 | Winter 1994–1995

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Why the new callousness? Pull quotes: "Admissions directors have become more expendable than old newspapers or losing football coaches." "A top admissions dean can exert, at most, a 10 percent influence." "Professors fear cutbacks. So they press for a go-getter who can keep their classes full." "Academic chiefs have been reluctant to modernize their programs, and enforce better teaching." "Isn't it time that admissions deans sat on the president's cabinet?"

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Everything You’ve Wanted to Know About Laboratory Design

By: Michael Reagan,Janet Ross,Ray Porfilio

From Volume 23 Number 2 | Winter 1994–1995

Abstract: Book Review: Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health and Safety Considerations, second edition, by Louis Di Berardinis et al. John Wiley Sons, 1993. 514 pages. ISBN 0-471-55463-4.

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Getting Ready for a More Electronic University

By: Neil Kleinman

From Volume 23 Number 2 | Winter 1994–1995

Abstract: Book review: The Electronic Word: Democracy, technology, and the Arts, by Richard Lanham. University of Chicago Press, 1993. 278 pages. ISBN 0-2326-46883-6. Also available in a hypertext edition.

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How Scholarly Are the Feminist Charges?

By: Sandra E. Gleason

From Volume 23 Number 2 | Winter 1994–1995

Abstract: Book Review: Who STole Feminism? How Women Have Betrayed Women, by Chritina Hofff Sommers. SImon and Schuster, 1994. 320 pages. ISBN 0671-79424-8

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How Should State Plan for Their Universities?

By: Carol Everly Floyd

From Volume 23 Number 2 | Winter 1994–1995

Abstract: Book review: Four Multicampus Systems: Some Policies and Practices That Work, by Marian Gade. Association of Governing Boards, 1993. 70 pages. ISBN 0-926508-01-6. Shared Visions of Public Higher Education Governance: Structures and Leadership Styles That Work, by Edgar Schick, Richard Novack, James Norton, and Houston Elam. American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 1992. 179 pages. ISBN 0-88044-132-1.

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Is Taxonomy Planning’s Biggest Obstacle?

By: William Chance

Higher education's classifications may be hindering innovation and planning.

From Volume 23 Number 2 | Winter 1994–1995

Abstract: Subtitles: A heap of straitjackets; Three examples; An obstacle for planners. Pull quotes: "Higher education is in considerable part a prisoner of its taxonomies." "Accrediting bodies are often the shock troops of taxonomy." "Why do we organize our colleges and universities as we do?" "A certain messiness might stand as a constant reminder."

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Landscapes, Work, and, People

By: George Anselevicius

From Volume 23 Number 2 | Winter 1994–1995

Abstract: Book review: A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time, by John Brinckerhoff Jackson. Yale University Press, 1994. 205 pages. ISBN 0-300-06002-5.

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Re-engineering the College Library for Periodicals

By: Richard Widdicombe

How one library has eliminated nearly all printed journals and increased access to journal articles.

From Volume 23 Number 2 | Winter 1994–1995

Abstract: Subtitles: To begin; Enter the computers; How is it going?; Appraising the strategy. Pull quotes: "We had to create a new strategy for our periodicals." "The library decided to capitalize on Stevens Institute's distinctiveness." "Faculty and students want articles, not journals." "We have changed the nature of the library."

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The Changing Milieu of Education Planning

By: George C. Keller

From Volume 23 Number 2 | Winter 1994–1995

Abstract: Six major changes may alter the directions of collegiate planning in the next decade. Subtitles: Seismic shifts in society; The consequences of change; The big problem with truth. Pull quotes: "The U.S. population is becoming more polarized." "Electronic technology offers a new kind of book." "Some institutions now give back one-third of their tuition revenues." "We live in an age of disenchantment."

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A New Way for States to Fund Higher Education

By: Laurence Marcus

Can institutional planning and formula funding be brought together?

From Volume 23 Number 2 | Winter 1994–1995

Abstract: Subtitles: Response to the cuts; Thinking anew; The knell and the new. Pull quotes: "Prospects for a return to robust state appropriations seem dim." "What formula should states use to fund their public institutions?" "Each institution would thus have different cost bases." "The time for across-the-board tuitions caps may have passed." "Tuitions in the state should be more variegated, not uniform as they are today."

Planning Types: Resource Planning
Tags: Funding, Governmental Policies and Regulations

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What Not to Do About Sagging Admissions

Everything You’ve Wanted to Know About Laboratory Design

Getting Ready for a More Electronic University

How Scholarly Are the Feminist Charges?

How Should State Plan for Their Universities?

Is Taxonomy Planning’s Biggest Obstacle?

Landscapes, Work, and, People

Re-engineering the College Library for Periodicals

The Changing Milieu of Education Planning

A New Way for States to Fund Higher Education