A survey of registrars shows little uniformity in rules governing schedule changes and grading. (Editor)

Changing student expectations and life styles are prompting educators to develop innovative approaches to organizing time and curricula. Describes how and why the modular calendar works, as well as its future role in educational change. (Editor/PG)

The plan used by the University of Florida's Department of General Physical Education to reduce the total enrollment in the required program while retaining the existing student credit hour production is described. The plan centers on reducing the requirement from three quarters to one quarter. (JMF)

Describes measures taken at Ohio State University to reduce the closed-course problem including computer assisted scheduling (CAS), departmental adjustments, and class hour redistribution. (Author/PG)

This paper addresses the role of college and university class scheduling in meeting the needs of its students. It first discusses the balancing of schedules in order to satisfy not only student needs, but also faculty interests and the administrative concerns relative to facility availability and funding support. Surveys are suggested as a good…

This paper presents SPACE, a space planning and cost estimating simulation model designed to allow analysis of alternative class scheduling patterns and their consequent resource demands. Several illustrative examples of the model's use are given, with documentation of the validation procedures using data from the University of California. The…

The implementation of a continuity of a care clinic in a highly subspecialized Veterans Administration internal medicine training program for postgraduate medical students is described, with focus on resolving problems created by the idiosyncratic administrative features and resource limitations of the hospital. (Author/JMD)