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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
October 1, 1998

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What Exactly Should Be Restructured?

By: George C. Keller

From Volume 27 Number 1 | Fall 1998

Abstract: Book review of The Responsive University: Restructuring for High Performance, edited by William Tierney. Johns Hopkins University Presss, 1998. 172 pages. ISBN 0-8018-5715-5. Pull quotes: "If the power of academic departments is weakened and numerous deans and vice presidents are 'eliminated,' who will restructure the institution and reallocate resources, and how?"

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
October 1, 1998

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Mending the Stanford Campus

By: Charles Lockwood

A university set out to reclaim the vision of its century-old master plan.

From Volume 27 Number 1 | Fall 1998

Abstract: Features the attempts of Stanford University to undo past errors in campus development, with a renewed focus on landscape planning designed to unify the campus. When possible, institutional planners have sought to return to the original campus landscape plan. The author discusses various impediments to the project, and examines several landscaping projects in detail. Concludes with lessons learned in the process, including the need for a comprehensive master plan, the importance of developing new funding sources, and the necessity of consistent and proactive leadership.

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
October 1, 1998

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Defining the Net Generation

By: Melinda G. Spencer

From Volume 27 Number 1 | Fall 1998

Abstract: Book review of Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation Pull quotes: "Unlike television, whose users are passive observers, today's digital technologies present individuals with an interactive learning environment where they actively control their learning experiences."

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
October 1, 1998

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How to Conduct Focus Groups

By: Karen Fox

From Volume 27 Number 1 | Fall 1998

Abstract: Book review of Planning Focus Groups, by David Morgan with Alice Scannell. SAGE Publications, 1997. 139 pages. ISBN 0-7619-0817-X paperback. (Also available as part of the six-volume Focus Group Kit, ISBN 0-7619-0816-1.) Pull quotes: "Familiarity with the concept of focus-group research has often outstripped the development of sophisticated understanding of what useful focus-group research entails."

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
October 1, 1998

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Making Scenario-Based Planning Work for You

By: Meredith A. Whiteley

From Volume 27 Number 1 | Fall 1998

Abstract: Book review of Learning From the Future: Competitive Foresight Scenarios, by Liam Fahey and Robert M. Randall. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1997. 446 pages. ISBN 0-47-130352-6. Pull quotes: "Scenarios need to be plausible, and they must be integrated into organizational decision making."

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
September 1, 1998

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Campus Niching? Sculpting a Future in the Information Age

By: Sandra E. Gleason

From Volume 27 Number 1 | Fall 1998

Abstract: Book review of Strategic Choices for the Academy: How Demand for Lifelong Learning Will Re-Create Higher Education, by Daniel James Rowley, Herman D. Lujan, and Micheal G. Dolence. Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. 309 pages. ISBN 0-7879-4067-4. Pull quotes: "Higher education must focus more broadly on educating a much larger percentage of the population to prepare our society and economy to survive in a global economy."

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
July 1, 1998

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The New Financial Aid Games

By: Chester E. Finn, Jr.

From Volume 26 Number 4 | Summer 1998

Abstract: Book review of The Student Aid Game: Meeting Need and Rewarding Talent in American Higher Education, by Micheal McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro. Princeton University Press, 1997. 161 pages. ISBN 0-691-05783-4. Pull quotes: "Merit aid (properly done) for the more gifted college applicants sends a badly needed signal to the high schools that young people who study hard, develop a talent, and learn a lot can look forward to tangible rewards."

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
July 1, 1998

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The Other Half of Higher Education

By: Donald Hanna

From Volume 26 Number 4 | Summer 1998

Abstract: Book review for Lifelong Learning: New Visions, Implications, and Roles, by Norman Longworth and W. Keith Davies. Kogan Page (London), 1996. 174 pages. ISBN 0-7494-1972-5. Pull quotes: "The 21st century will be 'the learning century.'" "Lifelong learning, rather than just university learning early in one's life, will become more important."

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
July 1, 1998

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College as an Enclave for Play

By: Doug Sloan

From Volume 26 Number 4 | Summer 1998

Abstract: Book review for Rethinking College Education, by George Allan. University of Kansas Press, 1997. 222 pages ISBN 0-7006-0842-7. Pull quotes: "Through 'play' and conversation, students can explore, encounter, and contemplate ideas, new perceptions, and alternative ways of life." "How does a college help students become more aware of the social consequences of their experiments with life and mind without throwing a damper over their much-needed free exploration?"

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Planning for Higher Education Journal

Published
July 1, 1998

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The New Architecture of Information

By: Ellen F. Falduto

From Volume 26 Number 4 | Summer 1998

Abstract: Book review for Information Architects, by Richard Saul Wurman, edited by Peter Bradford. Watson-Guptill Publications, 1997. 235 pages ISBN 1-888001-38-0. Pull quotes: "Information architects design ways for us to see the patterns underneath all the information fragments." "Many people in higher education find that the management and understanding of electronic information resources is an enlarging challenge."

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