Examining the changes occurring in the nation's colleges and universities over the past quarter of a century, the author finds higher education in a crisis that will have deep significance for the academic planner. (Author)

Furniture and furnishings are rapidly losing their institutional look. (Editor)

Mount Holyoke College's art center is designed and built to serve for a century. (Editor)

Guidelines to help decision on whether to modernize or replace a school building. (MF)

A five-phase program has revolutionized campus mailing service at the University of Louisville. (Author/MLF)

Describes the educational benefits of high-performance schools, buildings that are efficient, healthy, safe, and easy to operate and maintain. Also briefly describes how to create a high-performance school drawn from volume I (Planning) of the three-volume Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) "Best Practices Manual." (For more…

Discusses the development of a planning symposium as a means of getting community involvement for building a community recreation center. The steps in creating and managing a planning symposium are examined, including tips on agenda development. (GR)

Examines the difficulties the electric industry's deregulation created for St. Joseph's University's (Philadelphia) development of a thermal ice-storage system as part of its HVAC design and the school's solution. A monthly equipment summary sheet with year-to-date figures is provided. (GR)

Discusses what three college facility directors did to solve their departmental space problems by watching for opportunities to acquire and tailor new office and shop areas, identifying possibilities, and carefully timing their requests for approval. Facility department descriptions are included. (GR)

Describes cooperative effort between Association of School Business Officials, International and National Forum on Education Statistics to develop a guide to facilities maintenance planning, to be completed in 2 years, for use by local school districts. (PKP)

Energy conservation can be achieved in schools. It can be profitable both in prolonging our sources of energy and in operating economy. (Author/MLF)

With careful planning and slight additional cost, a school can be a community facility and deliver a composite of essential services to a broader range of citizens over a greater time period. (Author)

The rise in construction costs and the search for equity in terms of educational opportunity and tax burden are shaping the trends in financing educational facilities. (Author)