Guidelines designed to help Maryland facilities planners, educators, and community members make informed choices about the types of facilities they will provide for secondary education services are presented in this document. The guide first describes the characteristics of at-risk students and presents an overview of dropout prevention programs.…

Oberlin College in Ohio recently undertook a building-by-building survey of its entire physical plant, emerging with plans to recycle 17 campus structures. (Author)

Examines unusual campus structures. (Editor)

This study attempts to establish empirically the significance of the cost of time as part of the price of recreational pursuits. (RC)

This document presents a bibliography of papers, articles and books dealing with the various facets of higher education physical facilities planning and utilization. The documents are organized by publisher, such as state commissioners or other agencies. (HS)

Discusses the management process: (1) problem definition, (2) development of alternative solutions, and (3) decisionmaking and implementation in facilities planning. (Author)

In planning the first building of a proposed $80 million facility, Florida International University combined the classical open-space design with some modern cost-cutting measures. (Editor/PG)

The possibility that participants in sport and games of a similar nature will find satisfaction in substituting one type of recreation for another is a possible factor to consider in planning and managing recreation facilities. (JD)

This report covers the results of a four-part survey designed to update the survey "Delaware Higher Education in the Seventies-1971 Update" in the three areas of enrollment projection, space inventory and space utilization. Also examined is the current development of the long-range facilities plan for each campus. The report recommends that the…

This material demonstrates the usefulness of an accurate space utilization analysis drawing inference from utilization statistics. (Author)

Describes a physical facilities information retrieval system that correlates new school construction with student enrollment. (MF)