August 17, 2001

Colleges Struggle With a 60's Legacy: Ugly, Wasteful, and Outdated Buildings

By SCOTT CARLSON

Renovation projects mix educational, financial, and aesthetic goals

In the 1960's, the nation's colleges were hit by an explosive growth in student population -- the baby boomers were coming of age, and a greater proportion of that generation was going to college, compared with every generation before it. There were two million students going to college in 1947; in the 60's, there were four million.

Not having much time, colleges responded almost uniformly, with an architectural

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