In India's beleaguered higher-education system, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) stand apart. The seven institutions have turned out some of the world's finest engineers and computer scientists, eagerly recruited by top graduate schools in the United States. Many of the institutes' graduates have gone on to become the chief executives of…

A two-story dormitory addition was built on top of the student center to accomodate the first female undergraduates admitted to the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Author/MLF)

A four-story screenlike "wall" containing stacks, offices, and reading rooms is added to a university library. (Author/MLF)

The Dana Library on the Newark campus of Rutgers University is undergoing an expansion that will approximately double its size. A multipurpose structure is being constructed that could be utilized for classrooms and administrative offices, as well as library space. (Author/MLF)

Describes Louisiana State University's new school of dentistry facilities. (PG)

A new addition at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, is much quieter because of the special sound-absorbing wall louvers in the air intake and exhaust system. (Author)

Presents three examples showing how bigger is better in the design of athletic and recreation buildings. The benefits of a new 225,000 square foot university recreation and athletic center or explored as are the expansion of a 25-year-old, 3,500-seat gymnasium to a 10,000-seat, multipurpose arena; and the features of a multi-level 153,000 square…

The University of North Florida used the latest technology to build a campus village. (Editor)

Enclosing the porticos has almost doubled the size of the student center at Furman University in Greenville (South Carolina). (Author/MLF)

Higher education administrators are finding that they can cut construction costs, improve communications, and provide for future changes, by removingoffice walls. (Editor/PG)

Underground construction at Columbia University merges two libraries--the Avery architectural library and the fine arts collection--and adds an auditorium, plus exhibition and reception space. (Author/MLF)

Drew University's library is being expanded and renovated to more than double its facilities. The media resource center will include a television studio. (Author/MLF)

A contemporary building wraps around a mid-19th century landmark, preserving the old building but providing enlarged space for many campus activities at Vassar College. (Author/MLF)

A mathematical model is developed for the expansion of facilities at different campuses of the University of California for a given sequence of enrollment forecasts. Based on total projected enrollments for the University system, the model computes a minimum total cost expansion program, i.e., the stages at which to expand existing campuses or to…