Learning Resources

Abstract: Book Review: The Cmapus as a Work of Art, by Thomas Gaines. Praeger Publishers, 1991. 262 pages.

Abstract: The politics, wealth, and attitudes toward education among the elderly. Subtitles: Income and wealth of the elderly; Political Attitudes and Activities; Do the elderly support education?; Higher education and the elderly. Pull quotes: "The poverty rate for elderly has declined considerably." "The elderly now control a growing share of the nation's wealth." "We should not perceive older people as a homogeneous group." "Their political organizations are large and well-armed." "Low-income old people support spending on education more than wealthier old people." "Some older people are very strong supporters of higher education." "Some colleges court the support of older people."

Abstract: Book Review: Total Quality Management in Higher Education, edited by lawrence Sherr and Deborah Teeter. New Directions fro Institutional Research, No. 71. Jossey-Bass, 1991. 96 pages.

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Learning, talk, and hangouts; I speak, therefore I am; Requirements for hanging out; The specialness of college places. Pull quotes: "Conversation contributes as much to community and personal growth as it does to learning." "Great hangouts allow students to try out new personalities." "Campus planners and architects must understand the critical importance of hangouts."

Abstract: Book Review: Feminism Without Illusion, by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. University of North Carolina Press, 1991. 326 pages. Educated in Romance: Women, Achievement, and College Culture, by Dorothy Holland and Margaret Eisenhart. University of Chicago Press, 1990. 252 pages.

Abstract: Book review: Scholarship reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, by Ernest Boyer. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1991. 147 pages.

Abstract: Book Review: Managing the facilities Portfolio: A Practical Approach to Institutional Facility Renewal and Deferred Maintenance, by Sean Rush. NACUBO, 1991. 100 pages.