A student’s sense of belonging plays an important role in their overall experience and success at university. One the factors which influence such a is manner one able to connect with those around one. On South African university campuses, student “connections” are often short-circuited by tendency “other” from different ethnic / racial backgrounds. This happens despite general abundance “trans...

The following is from material prepared by the California State University Dynamic Environmental Scan (DES) which provides information resources for solid and innovative strategic planning on each of the university’s 23 campuses. The material was originally developed to help university faculty understand the strategic planning process. It has been slightly modified, changing university referenc...

The University of Paisley, located in the South-West of Scotland, operates across several campuses at dispersed geographical locations (Figure 1). The University was originally located only on one site at Paisley, but due to mergers etc. has now expanded to another site in Paisley itself, to Ayr, and more recently, to Dumfries as part of a joint project with Glasgow University. It has undergone...

Background: Sustainability is a crucial social issue. In recent years, many scholars have suggested that the issue should be tackled at universities because they act as leaders in education, research and innovation. Universities are good position to foster progressive action towards global issues within current future generations. As seek create sustainable campuses, green campus approac...

The history of university, college, and high school campuses is eventful with man-made tragedies ensuing a tremendous loss of life and property. Virginia Tech's April 16 tragedy ignited the discussion about balancing openness and safety in open campus environments. Decision makers in educational institutions face the challenge of ensuring that their campuses provide an open learning environment...

Harriett Green is English and Digital Humanities Librarian and Assistant Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; e-mail: [email protected]. © 2013 Harriett Green, Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) CC BY-NC This preliminary study explores how library services are offered at the international branch campuse...

Heinz von Foerster was the founder and director of the Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. BCL existed from 1957 to 1976. In 1976 Heinz retired and moved to California. One revealing story about Heinz and the Biological Computer Laboratory concerns the Mansfield Amendment, which led to the closing of BCL. I was a graduate student at the Univer...