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What Will the Neighbors Think? Notes on a New Approach to University Planning
Noe, Samuel V., Jr. – American School and University, 1973
An essential way of acknowledging one of the university's external constituencies is to participate with neighbors in planning for mutually comfortable use of the space shared by both. More and more universities are considering joint planning, or at least formalization of 2-way communication with their neighbors. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Cooperative Planning, Facility Planning, School Community Relationship
Urban Campus Security Grows Up
American School and University, 1977
A quality police force professionally maintains a safe and orderly campus. (Author)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Police School Relationship, Prevention, Safety
Urban Campus Achieves Visual Identity
American School and University, 1973
Describes the way one urban campus used landscaping to solve the problem of balancing two opposing aims: to be part of their community while maintaining an identity of unique purpose within the urban environs. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Campus Planning, Campuses, Colleges
The Greening of an Urban Campus.
Figlio, Mary Ellen – American School and University, 1980
Temple University has embarked on major beautification projects of construction, renovation, restoration, and landscaping for the university's main campus and for the Health Sciences Center. (MLF)
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Construction Programs, Educational Environment, Facility Improvement
Renovating an Urban Campus
American School and University, 1976
A four-year, $8,000,000 renovation program has expanded and upgraded facilities at Boston University. (MLF)
Descriptors: Athletic Fields, Auditoriums, Building Conversion, College Housing
Campus Expansion Upsets Neighborhoods
Sheikholeslami, Jahan – American School and University, 1973
Reviews a recent study on university-community tension and urban campus form. Finds that the use of physical and social indicators in evaluating form-related tensions to be insufficient and inconclusive. Contends that future such studies call for an interdisciplinary approach. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Community Problems, Community Study, Conflict, Design Preferences