A Setting For Excellence, Part II: The Story of the Planning and Development of the Ann Arbor Campus of the University of Michigan

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Campus planning is regularly a a very powerful underlying set of goals for university administrations, despite the fact that, through the years, the mix of new and old buildings, changes in usage patterns and activities of students, and evolution of styles present challenges to a cohesive campus plan. In its two-hundred year history the University of Michigan has planned its campus in waves, from the earliest days of the iconic buildings around the Diag to the plans for the hospitals and the North Campus. This immensely informative and entertaining second volume in the history of the evolution of the campuses offers an absorbing narrative from the viewpoint of Fred Mayer, who served for more than three decades as the campus planner for the university all through a very powerful period of its growth all through the late twentieth century.

By tracing the development of the Ann Arbor campus from its early days to the present, throughout the context of the evolution of higher education in The us, Mayer provides a strong argument for the importance of rigorous and enlightened campus planning as a critical element of the learning environment of the university. His comprehensive history of campus planning, illustrated with photos, maps, and diagrams from Michigan’s history, is an exceptional contribution to the university’s history as it approaches its bicentennial.

 

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