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[RRE]Sept-Oct Issue of On the Horizon
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[If you can't get into the OTH web site, my own article in this issue
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Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 12:11:03 -0400
From: "James L. Morrison"
On the Horizon On-Line is a strategic planning publication published in print form by Jossey-Bass publications and published under contract in online form by UNC-Chapel Hill on its Horizon Web page.
Below is a description of the September-October 1999 issue, which is now available online at http://horizon.unc.edu/horizon/online/html/7/5/
You may be in an organization with an institutional online subscription (http://horizon.unc.edu/horizon/subscribe.asp). If you are not, ask your librarian to request a 60-day trial subscription, which will allow everyone in your organization to have access to OTH On-Line without logging on (your e-mail IP address does this automatically).
Please forward this announcement to colleagues who can benefit from a print and Web-based periodical that focuses on signals of change on the horizon that can affect educational organizations.
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ON THE HORIZON: The Strategic Planning Resource for Education Professionals
IN THIS ISSUE
Space: The Final Frontier Donald M. Norris President, Strategic Initiatives, Inc.
The advent of virtual communication means more than just new ways of doing things -- it also means new concepts of physical space. Buildings designed with face-to-face classes and business meetings in mind must be redesigned as many of these activities begin to take place online. At the same time, public spaces must satisfy the everpresent human needs for interaction and community. Donald Norris surveys several campuses experimenting with multifunctional and fused-use facilities, as well as some urban centers recreating our concepts of museums, zoos, and public areas. For anyone interested in the physical ramifications of technology, this article tells where to look for new innovations.
Information Technology in Higher Education: The "Global Academic Village" and Intellectual Standardization Phil Agre Department of Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles
Communications systems set up with different objectives in mind have tended to use different language, different structures, different equipment. But Phil Agre notices a trend toward "ontological standardization": organizations now have to communicate with each other using the same systems, so they seek to use the same models in reinventing themselves. For example, schools have to standardize their use of terms like "course" and "teacher" for prospective students making global comparisons. Agre observes that such standardization can pose threats to the uniqueness possessed by many educational institutions and reminds educators to preserve their schools' identities as they incorporate new systems.
Electronic Networking in the Future: An Interview with Judith V. Boettcher, Part II Judith V. Boettcher Executive Director Corporation for Research and Education Networking James L. Morrison Professor of Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Judith Boettcher tells editor James L. Morrison in this interview that many educators, even those with technical experience, grossly underuse the potential for electronic networking. According to Boettcher, "many educators are still using Information Age technology with Industrial Age learning experiences". Rather than using the same old classroom techniques with new technology, she calls for educators to develop approaches specifically for the Web. These new approaches may integrate features such as "book Web sites," pocket computers, and audio equipment, and Boettcher tells us how.
On the Tenure of University Presidents Arthur Padilla and Sujit Ghosh College of Management North Carolina State University
University presidents shape the institutions where tomorrow's leaders are trained, but few stay in these important positions for more than a decade. Art Padilla and look at the statistics that describe the men and women serving as university presidents: how satisfied they are,what risks they take, what drives them out, and the effects of their tenure on the universities they lead. Educators concerned about the balance of stability and innovation in their institutions will want to consider Padilla and Ghosh's analysis of the factors affecting the turnover at the top.
Democracy and the Academy Laurence R. Marcus Professor in Educational Leadership Rowan University
In his last article for On the Horizon, Laurence Marcus suggests a change in focus for the political debates over the democratization of the academy. Rather than emphasizing the ideological battles on campus, Marcus believes the educational politics should emphasize the balance between accountability and autonomy that must be maintained for those debates to be fairly adjudged. Universities have responsibilities to the communities they serve and must be accountable, yet their unique purpose in society also requires that they possess autonomy in the intellectual explorations they pursue. Marcus explores the factors involved in achieving this critical balance. ```
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