Campus
Planning
by
Richard P. Dober
It is anticipated by many that colleges and universities will double their enrollments in the next decade. The nature of this expansion is not entirely clear. The necessary planning has only just begun. Lacking an organized body of research or theory, campus planning is likely to be continued on a pragmatic basis. Among the issues still being debated are the role of higher education in a technical society and the extent to which society should support higher education through public auspices. Whatever resolutions are made, there is little likelihood that the demand for campus planning will decrease. Actually there are many indications that the present prognostications for enrollments and physical plant construction requirements are conservative. While population increase is an underlying factor in growth, the requisites of science and technology are equally important factors in enlarging the scope of higher education. In this respect a campus expansion in the United States is part of a world-wide pattern.
