Learning Resources

Abstract: Subtitles: The new outlook; Advantages of a merger; What kind of planning? Pull quotes: "You can count on one hand those created by merger." "They are planning with the aid of mergers." "Battles can rage as the institutions negotiate.

Abstract: Book Review: Creating Distinctiveness: Lessons from Uncommon College and Universities, by Barbara Townsend, L. Jackson Newell, adn Micheal Wiese. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 6, George Washington University, 1992. 94 pages. ISBN 1-878380-19-2.

Abstract: Book Review: Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture, by Witold Rybczynski. Viking, 1992. 301 pages. ISBN 0-670-84421-7.

Abstract: Book Review: Office Access, by The Understanding Business. Harper Collins, 1992. 94 pages. ISBN 006-277-061-6.

Abstract: Book Review: Race Matters: Intellectuals, Race, and Change, by Cornel West. Beacon Press, 1993. 105 pages. ISBN 0-8070-0918-0.

Abstract: Book Review: Denatured Visions: Landscapes and Culture in the Twentieth Century, edited by Stuart Wrede and William Howard Adams. The Museum of Modern Art, 1991. 137 pages.

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Who are higher education's new critics?; Even Rorty was riled; Goodbye to reason?; Universities as a political battleground. Pull quotes: "The professoriate is now deeply divided about the worth of freedom." "The Marxist animus has found a new home." "There is inchoate theorizing and no end of critical sneers." "We have a crisis of belief, of standards, of shared assumptions." "The actors don't want a better curriculum, they want a political one."

Abstract: Book review: What matters in College? Four Crtical Years Revisited, by Alexander Astin. Jossey-Bass, 1993. 482 pages. ISBN 1-55542-492-9.

Abstract: Book Review: Revitalizing Undergraduate Science: Why Some Things Work and Most Don't, by Shelia Tobias. research Corporation, 1992. 192 pages.

Abstract: Planners, architects, and administrators have long worked to comply with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Under 504, older buildings did not have to be accessible as long as an individual could participate in the college's program. However, the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which went into effect July 26, 1990, brought major changes for colleges and universities. Under the ADA, private universities and public universities have different regulations, but both must immediately begin barrier removal. Most colleges and universities have responded to this imperative in three different ways. A risk mangement approach is a calculated risk that current barrier removal efforts are sufficient until we see how courts interpret the ADA. A priority mangement approach does not remove all readily achievable barriers at once but sets priorities and begins with the highest. A comprehensive management approach spends funds to create a comprehensive plan for cost-effective barrier removal before any funds are spent on actual removal. With each approach it is recommended that institutions seek the advice of a legal counsel and document all decisions. It is also important to remember that fear that compliance will be too expensive is neither responsible nor defensible in court.