Higher education institutions (HEIs) are complex and intricate systems of people, processes, and practices. HEI practices and processes are often extended through strategic partnerships and external collaborations, increasing their capacity or ability to obtain their stated goals. This notion extends to minority-serving institutions, including…

This study aims to determine the effect of using out-of-school learning environments in science teaching on motivation for learning science. It is a quasi-experimental study and it has been designed as pre- and posttest experimental study. The study was carried out with seventh grade students enrolled in a secondary school in the city centre of a…

A survey of all U.S. cities having populations greater than 50,000 and of 125 cities having populations between 20,000 and 50,000 shows that the adoption or planning of educational parks is becoming widespread throughout the country. The survey used three sources to obtain data on current educational park development: (1) Questionnaires to State…

The purpose of this dissertation was to describe processes involved in the development of the East Side Educational Park-Independence High School, East Side Union High School District, San Jose California. Impetus for development of the Educational Park came from the need to develop a system of quality education that would, at the same time,…

Recommendations for overhauling the educational facilities in St. Paul, Minnesota, envision an overhauling of the structure of the community itself. Of the 200 recommendations made, two stand out. One calls for the establishment of a nerve center for the school system in the downtown area, and the second calls for a long-range (30-year) plan to…

General guidelines for educators and architects in planning for industrial education, shops, and laboratory facilities necessary to the instructional program, are provided. Characteristics of the environment discussed are as follows--(1) spatial, (2) thermal, (3) visual, (4) sonic, and (5) aesthetic. Utility services covered are electrical power,…

An overview of the school building program in Chicago in the 1960's and the long-range school facilities program is followed by a discussion of various planning criteria. In considering the educational parks concept and its implementation in Chicago, emphasis is given to--(1) types of educational parks, (2) educational park design in relation to a…

One of a series of papers prepared by members of the American Institute of Architects Committee on School and College Architecture and by selected specialists to make laymen aware of school building problems and trends and to stimulate discussion. The article sees the educational park concept as deriving from, in its simplest form, the…

A study outline plan for three different kinds of educational parks--(1) the horizontal type, (2) the vertical type, and (3) the pyramid type is presented. Each is discussed, not as definitive proposals, but rather as a basis for study and discussion. The study was written in the hope that it will stimulate public and professional discussion…

A recently completed elementary school in Dublin, Ohio, has a 13-acre school-in-a-park locale shared with the community. On evenings and weekends, area residents have access to the school's activities area for a self-contained community center. (MLF)

Focusing, as educational change agent, on three examples: the Philadelphia Parkway Program, the Camden Educational Development Program, and the Brandywine Educational Park in Wilmington, Delaware. (JM)