Charter schools have become an important part of the public education landscape in New York City. In the 2017-18 school year, there were 227 charters educating 114,000 students, about 10% of the city's schoolchildren. The strong academic achievement of students in these schools, as well as parental demand, points to the need for more charter…

This book presents the main findings of a study on school learning environments and student outcomes, which the World Bank conducted in 2019 in three regions of the Russian Federation. Using data collected through the [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] OECD School User Survey and the pilot "Trends in Mathematics and…

The fifteenth annual survey of utilization of residence hall facilities at the State University of New York was conducted in the fall of 1988. Part 1 presents seven detailed tables of data including utilization of original design capacity, utilization by institution, utilization and student occupancy of net revenue-producing adjusted design…

This document presents an inventory of current physical facilities of universities in Ontario (Canada) as of the 1992-93 academic year and a review of trends over the past 10 years. Section 1 is an introduction. Section 2 reviews trends of the past 10 years in seven graphs. Section 3 contains tables providing data by institution. They include…

The use of instructional facilities at University of Alaska campuses was assessed in 1982 through a comparison of usage rates and prescribed standards. The objective was to assist the state legislature evaluate present and future capital improvements requested by the university and to enhance institutional managerial decisions regarding the need…

Inventory data for the physical facilities of Ontario, Canada, universities are presented, as of November 1989. The first table presents a summary of all net assignable square meters (NASM) by institution. Table 2 presents a detailed breakdown of all NASM, by institution, for each of 20 space categories (such as health service, residential,…

The West Virginia Higher Education Facilities Information System was formed as a method for instituting statewide standardization of space use and classification; to serve as a vehicle for statewide data acquisition; and to provide statistical data that contributes to detailed institutional planning analysis. The result thus far is the production…

Data describing campus facility use for instructional and related purposes for one week of activity in Fall 1978 were collected and evaluated at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Four measures of space utilization were used: (1) percent of available time used; (2) percent of available space used; (3) percent of scheduled space utilized; and (4)…

This report describes Virginia Community College System's (VCCS) performance on several facilities utilization measures for 1998 and compares measures with standards adopted by the state council. As a system, classrooms were used an average of 33 hours per week and were occupied at an average of 67% capacity. Laboratories were used 26 hours per…

As part of its continuing assessment of its impact on the community, Montgomery College conducted a study to determine the usage of various campus facilities by college and community groups over a four-month period between January 1, 1983 and April 30, 1983. Facilities officers on each of the college's three campuses were asked to complete usage…

Utah Valley Community College became Utah Valley State College (UVSC) in 1993, due to the increasing need for a four-year, degree-granting institution in Utah County. UVSC now offers 21 four-year programs, and enrollment has been growing at an average rate of 8% per year since 1986. There were 20,946 students enrolled for fall term 2000, and…

Results are reported of a study conducted to determine the status of available facility space in 113 North Carolina institutions of higher education at the end of the drop-add period of the 1989 fall term. Information is presented in four sections which reflect the four broad facilities concerns for which data is provided: the utilization of…

This document presents an inventory of current physical facilities, plus a review of trends over the past 10 years, at universities in Ontario (Canada) as of the 1995-96 academic year. In Section 1 the space formula and inventory classification system are defined. Section 2 provides an overview of space inventories and usage for the period 1983-84…

This edition of an annual series of facilities inventory and utilization studies reflects the status of space in North Carolina institutions of higher education at the end of the drop-add period of the 1988 fall term at each college. It gives indications of the uses being made of the space and provides norms and historical information for the past…

Results are reported of a study conducted to determine the status of available facility space in 113 North Carolina institutions of higher education at the end of the drop-add period of the 1990 fall term. Information is presented in four sections which reflect the four broad facilities concerns for which data is provided: the utilization of…