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Rolloff, Evelyn K. – Metropolitan Universities, 2013
Since its inception, Metropolitan State University has demonstrated a strong commitment to community partnerships and the integration of community engagement into student learning and scholarship while meeting community-defined needs. This article presents examples of reciprocal partnerships in the context of a shared community-university library…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs, Library Facilities, Academic Libraries
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Savanick, Suzanne; Strong, Richard; Manning, Christie – Environmental Education Research, 2008
Campus sustainability projects provide an opportunity to explicitly link campus operations and academics. College and university buildings and grounds offer the potential for numerous hands-on sustainability projects. Few schools explicitly link sustainability projects with academics as often the academic side of an institution is separate from…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, Facilities Management, Sustainable Development, Campuses
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Steffes, Tracy L. – History of Education Quarterly, 2008
In 1918, Minnesota county superintendent Julius Arp argued that the greatest educational problem facing the American people was the Rural School Problem, saying: "There is no defect more glaring today than the inequality that exists between the educational facilities of the urban and rural communities. Rural education in the United States has…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, State Aid, Rural Areas, Educational Facilities
Luck, K. Cash; Neumann, Margaret – J Health Phys Educ Recreation, 1970
Descriptors: Athletics, Females, High School Students, Illustrations
Porter, Phyllis – Child Care Information Exchange, 2001
Describes an intergenerational care program that emphasizes "intentional intergenerational interaction" as key to planning. Details a window-divided facility design that enables a variety of elderly and young people's interactions. Illustrates mutually beneficial joint activities ranging from one-on-one (holding a baby) to group events…
Descriptors: Activities, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education