A Peek at the January-March 2008 Issue of Planning for Higher Education

We're at the point in production of the January-March 2008 issue of Planning for Higher Education where we are writing what we call the "blurbs," which are short descriptions which appear in the printed journal, just below the titles of the articles. We thought we'd whet your appetite for this forthcoming issue by sharing those with you as we create them.

Warning: This is a "teaser"! You won't be able to read the content described below until January 2008. If you are not a subscriber to SCUP's journal, why don't you join (members get the journal as part of membership) or subscribe now?

Article Title: Smart Change
Description: "This article explains how 'smart change' (contrasted with routine, strategic, and transformative change) is about using learning as a core asset and a guidance system for institutional change and provides three institutional vignettes."

Article Title: Improving Institutional Effectiveness: Description and Application of an Implementation Model
Description: "The authors describe a model of 'implementation effectiveness' and a description of how it was applied at the University of New England, building 'routine practice' developmentally by paying attention to implementation climate and 'values fit' variables.

Article Title: Beyond the Diversity Crisis Model: Decentralized Diversity Planning and Implementation
Description: "The authors detail a three-year, decentralized, 10-phase model for continuing, non-reactive diversity planning."

Article Title: Promoting Faculty Diversity: The Faculty Fellows Program at Appalachian State University
Description: "This case study describes the diversity situation at Appalachian State University, as well as the implementation and results of its Faculty Fellows Program, concluding with four important recommendations for similar programs at other schools."

Article Title: Online Program Capacity: Limited, Static, Elastic, or Infinite?
Description: "You think "space management' is tough in the built environment? What about space in ‘virtual' programs? The authors share five helpful conclusions for planners who need answers to questions like 'What is our course or program capacity?'"

Book Reviews: Sandra L. Kortesoja reviews two books with complementary styles and calls to action that help explain the role that market forces and the media have come to play in higher education: College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy, edited by Lloyd Thacker and Remaking The American University: Market-smart And Mission-centered by Robert Zemsky, Gregory Wegner, and William F. Massy.