unit 2 Personal Site Response (PSR)

The author of this article sends a message that the American audience has an expectation of university campus to be totally different from other learning facilities- an arena that should have a look to portrait a quality academic life and a perfect representation of the community in which the campus exists. Today’s university is perceived as to have resilient places, and more than academic upgrade, classroom additions, and its academic buildings; a site that comprises of holistic learning spaces, with the fact that learning is a life long and year round pursuit which takes place throughout the campus, and not just a fragmented indoors in designated instructional spaces. “Only one fifth of a student’s time is spent in classroom”, contributing about one fourth of the learning variance. This reinforcement was done by Rodloff.

As a matter of fact, the word ‘campus’ derived from Latin word for field. “Early American colleges and universities were self sufficient and often built in rural locations with dormitories, dining halls, and recreation facilities”, (Bowman, 2011). The high expectation and college experience today has created stimulating and demanding times in students’ lives, where a multitude of curricular and extra curricular situation require heavy use of direct, focused attention and concentration.

Campus landscapes as learning spaces, are essential for better provision of conducive facility, but they should not be taken over the importance of college students’ professional success.