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Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Andrews University School of Education GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING A CAMPUS MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT FOR SMALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy by Bradley Allen Jamison 1996 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UMI Number: 9638062 UM I Microform 9638062 Copyright 1996, by U M I Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under T itle 17, United States Code. UMI 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, M I 48103 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING A CAMPUS MASTER PLAN FOR SMALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Adfesertafion presented in partial fotfiBment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Phlosophy by Bradley A. Jamison APPROVAL BY THE COMMTTTEE: _____x, '» £ > Chair: ird A. Streeter Jerome CT rha Director/ graduate Graduate urograms. Prograruvectoe Membe ; David S. Penner Warren E. Mnder Dean, School of Education Date Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING A CAMPUS MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT FOR SMALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES by Bradley Allen Jamison Chair: Edward Streeter Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT OF STUDENT RESEARCH Dissertation Andrews University School of Education Title: GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING A CAMPUS MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT FOR SMALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Name of researcher Bradley Allen Jamison Name and title of faculty adviser Edward A. Streeter, Ed.D. Date completed: June 1996 Problem From a review of dissertations in the field of campus master planning, no study was found that attempted to identify the essential elements, principles, configuration and format of campus master plans for guiding small colleges and universities in developing a master plan document The lack of this type of study left a void in the campus planning process in regards to developing a campus master plan, its purpose, and how it contributed to the overall strength of a small college or university with little campus planning experience. Method This stuay identified two sources of information available in identifying essential elements, principles, configuration and form at the campus planning literature, and actual master plan documents. The first step was to review the literature for master plan document statements. Nineteen elements were identified along with varying sub-elements for each and listed according to their occurrence in literature. These elements were grouped together and termed the typology, which was used as the basis to synthesize data from actual master plans in order to test the presence of these 19 elements, plus identify other elements not included in the typology. The synthesis of the data found all 19 elements present to some degree in addition to one other element Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Results A campus master plan document was developed from the summation of both the typology and the data master plans, globally representative. These results were organized to serve in a general sense for directing the composition, configuration and format of a campus master plan document The intent of the study was serve as a guide or resource. Each institution will have unique features which would need to be incorporated into each institution's particular planning document However, one objective of this research was that the document could be adaptable to different regions, cultures, and environments. Conclusions Campus master plan documents evolved over tim e and will continue to do so, partly because a document needs to be reflective of the local institution, situation, and needs. Any planning resource or materials used in the creation of a document need to be tempered by this purpose. Most of the master plan documents created in the 1990s and beyond will be for existing campuses. Individuals involved in campus planning will be faced mostly with additions to existing conditions, correcting past mistakes, and attempting to have linear integration of different campus plans and efforts into a continuous process of past and present harmony, with the constant possibility of future expansion. Campus master plan documents will need to be more of a loose-leaf and informal design, able to be updated and revised on a yearly basis. However, the overall themes of the plan need to remain consistent. The yearly updates reflect the changing dynamics of the institution, yet the long-range view of the document should not be radically changed by these. Campus master plan documents have became increasingly shorter, possibly due to a higher percentage of colleges and universities contracting out master planning services to architects and consultants, usually with the charge of solving a particular problem. The resulting master plan documents, authored through these services, heavily reflected the problems needing solutions, without always keeping in view long range planning. Finally, although this study focused on the campus master plan document itself, it was recognized that the planning process and the curriculum of the institution shape the document The document is only a result or product of the process, and as such cannot be taken out of that context Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.................................................................................................................... x LIST OF TABLES................................................................................................................................... x ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...................................................................................................................... xii L INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND, AND METHODOLOGY.................................................... 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 Background of the Problem ................................................................................... 3 Planning Practices in Small Colleges and Universities ....................... 3 Research on Campus Master Planning ................................................ 4 Statement of the Problem ....................................................................................