The purpose of the research is to analyze the value addition in students' information communication and technology (ICT) literacy level and confidence in using technology after completing a general education information technology course at a four-year university. An online survey was created to examine students' perceptions. The findings revealed…

In designing the Educational Facilities Building for Harvard's school of Public Health, the architect had to reconcile a modern building not only with the older structures around it, but also with a trapezoidal site. (Author/MLF)

This comprehensive campus plan for the University of Nebraska includes background information concerning the university along with a discussion of the planning approach and the phases in development of the plan. The city campus plan is based on the concept of a primary pedestrian boulevard, which achieves a unified whole, providing convenient…

A long range development plan, conceived as a general guide to final objectives, uses many diagrams and maps to illustrate the text. The plan is predicated on the assumption that orderly and efficient development of site possibilities is subject to ever-changing influences. The following areas are examined--(1) campus environment, (2) academic…

Following a review of campus planning history at the Berkeley campus, a statement of academic objectives and needs, and a description of the campus, a long range development plan is set forth representing an updating of the 1956 plan. The objectives, principles and major proposals of the plan are presented. Maps of the proposed campus developments…

Based on enrollment, building area and parking area projections, the development plan describes very briefly these areas of development: parking and housing, administration, athletics, academic departments, libraries, museums, related community and commercial services, transportation, land acquisition, and the neighborhood. Very detailed sketches…

Changes in California public higher education policy by the legislature in 1960 and the Regents of the University of California in 1966 are incorporated in new criteria for the establishment of new campuses. Criteria are based upon three methods of grouping campus facilities: high, medium, and low density. All new campuses are to be general…

A comprehensive examination of the campus as of the summer of 1964 is brought into uniform format and is concluded with a recommended program and plan for development. It contains a complete profile of the physical form of the University as it is now and as it may be in the future. Divided into five sections, the report discusses background,…

A campus plan for the University of Miami is preceded by background information concerning the university and a discussion of the three basic concepts giving major direction to the plan--(1) identity--distinguishing the campus from its surroundings, (2) inward growth--concentration of the highest densities of development toward the center of the…

The catalyst for this study was the imminent expansion of two major academic centers, the College of Education and the Department of Behavioral Sciences. Its primary purpose was established as the site planning and development phasing of these programmed facilities. Also the designated site was to obtain efficient and harmonious long-term…

Detailed analyses of anticipated construction projects, their effects on the immediate environment, the surrounding area, and the overall campus design of the University of Washington. The architectural firm was called upon to create techniques for the evaluation of the amenities of the existing campus and establish guides for the future…