Student and faculty reactions to Western Michigan University's new classroom buildings. (RG)

The results of a questionnaire survey in a student population on the use of health services show a positive relationship between attitudes and both the decision to utilize professional medical services and the type of services used. (JA)

The experiences of public and private educational institutions with slant track videotape recording systems were surveyed. The users were requested to describe the type and brand of equipment they owned and to rate the machine's reliability and ascertain other performance factors. The survey also investigated the method of selection of equipment,…

Describes the approach taken by a large architectural firm toward gathering feedback on user satisfaction with educational facilities designed by the firm. (JG)

In fall of 1988, the William Jasper Kerr Library at Oregon State University combined its separate science/technology and social science/humanities reference areas. One year later, the Reference Arrangement Task Force was appointed to evaluate the effectiveness of the new configuration. The Task Force modelled the area with drawings and balsa…

This report includes both a collection of 16 papers presented at a national conference on learning resource centers (LRC's) in nursing schools and the results of a survey of participants conducted to evaluate the impact of the conference. Designed to increase the participants' knowledge and awareness of how they might better utilize an LRC to…

Phase One of the project involved the use of field interviews and questionnaires to gather information essential to long-range instructional planning. Conducted in behalf of Metropolitan Pittsburgh Educational Television (WQED and WQEX), the survey reached 382 educators in western Pennsylvania; 83 completed questionnaires supplied the data.…

This study was conducted on the cost and utilization of study centers in six distance education institutions representing the three levels of higher education in Australia: colleges of advanced education, universities, and technical and further education. Data were collected using student questionnaires, student interviews, institutional…

In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the elementary computer laboratories and the Educational Systems Corporation (ESC) software in the Fayette County (Kentucky) Public Schools, a Likert-type questionnaire on teacher attitudes and beliefs was designed, field-tested, revised, and distributed at the end of the 1988 spring semester. Analyses of…

This study was designed to determine the level of faculty support for the Learning Resources Center (LRC) at Ricks College, and to establish the degree of their encouraging student use of the LRC. The procedures used included a review of the literature, use of an inquiry committee of faculty and librarians to help identify pertinent questions to…

A sample of 1,373 museums was selected to represent the total sample of 4,408 nonprofit museums in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Museums in the sample were surveyed in 1979 by means of a survey questionnaire and informal interviews to provide data in five areas--finance, program, facilities, personnel, and museum priorities. For the…

This study examined computerized scheduling in 16 Vancouver secondary schools by analyzing (1) the results of a questionnaire to the principals of the schools, (2) class size balancing by computer, and (3) the effect of additional simulate runs on the number of student conflicts and the "date of smooth operation." A simulate run is…

The study addressed the effect of Colorado's 4-day school week on utilization of school facilities and the educational philosophy of superintendents of these schools. Data were obtained by sending a survey instrument to superintendents of 15 randomly selected Colorado school districts that had converted to a 4-day school week schedule. A portion…

In order to provide basic information about the study habits of In order to provide basic information about the study habits of junior college students so that more adequate facilities might be planned and designed, a sampling of 832 selected students at five California community colleges was made by questionnaire. Eighteen variables (such as sex,…