Suggestions are given to aid school administrators, area directors, teachers, advisory committees, and architects in planning for the home economics occupational education facility. Requirements are listed for space and equipment for instructional classrooms, laboratories, and laundry and storage areas, as well as space allocation in square feet…

This project was conducted to determine the conditions that make a satisfying study environment in colleges and universities and to relay the findings to those who design and manage educational spaces. The investigation focused upon the process of studying and its relation to environmental setting, and data was primarily gathered through site…

The object of this study was to determine the extent to which children displayed predictable, recurring patterns of behavior when engaged in self-selected activities. Subjects were four girls and three boys, 4 years of age, all from middle class urban families. The classroom's free play space was divided into four equal areas. Toys were divided…

This aid consists of three specially designed charts for determining the number of teaching stations required to house any given enrollment of pupils in any subject. Further uses are to determine class size, to discover the adequacy of proposed multi-purpose rooms, and to compute the fraction of a school day any room will be used. A specific…

The first unit of the projected center will provide efficient central facilities for centralizing related offices and agencies. The physical needs discussed are: offices, materials and construction, mechanical equipment, and utilities. Maintenance and the costs of renovation and new construction are discussed. The particular areas of the new…

This is the fourth of seven articles to address the problem of what higher education can do to meet the space needs of new programs and a wider constituency, without resorting to new building. One way to meet space needs is to prospect for available space off campus and by means of rehabilitation or major conversion, to adapt this space to…

This report investigates five areas of university management and institutional research at the University of Calgary. These areas include: parameters for decisionmaking, academic program costs, space and facilities, information systems, and modeling. Statistical data are presented to substantiate the observations. (MJM)

This school scheduling plan provides for use of the school building for six days a week and divides students and teachers into three equal groups that attend school only four days out of every six. A rotation program, which would allow the schedule to change each week, or a fixed schedule could be used. The normal school day would be from 7:45…

With the rapidly increasing demand for journalism education over the past several years, the need for new teaching facilities for graphics, editing, and newswriting has become a challenge many journalism educators have had to face. In 1973 the Eli Lilly Foundation awarded the University of Evansville a grant to draw the disciplines of journalism,…

This publication provides the educational planner and the architect with some suggestions concerning models by which they may plan new flexible-use, shared-space facilities and supports the models with guidelines for the development of facilities and educational programs for occupational education. In addition to discussing the financial…

The survey is designed to provide a service to the public as well as to the institutions. By compiling, publishing, and distributing the information received from the schools during the poll, WICHE enables students and would-be-students seeking admission to locate and apply to institutions still having vacancies. Similarly, institutions are able…

This document is a catalog of products available for use in an SCSD-type building system for educational facilities and related building types. Extensive information is presented about products in the four building subsystems of (1) structure, (2) heating/ventilating/cooling, (3) integrated lighting/ceiling, and (4) demountable and portable…

This booklet, published by the Workshop Center for Open Education, contains eight articles on open education and teacher centers. The first article, providing background information on the Workshop Center, emphasizes the need for distribution of information to teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and parents on open or informal education…

One of the newest and most promising developments in architecture has been the use of lightweight structures for encapsulating space. Using this new technology, builders can enclose large and small areas at a fraction of the cost of conventional construction and at the same time provide interior space that is totally flexible. This brochure shows…

Three exemplary school instructional media systems, one high school, one junior high, and one elementary school, currently in operation in Utah are described. Floor plans are included for each. Most of the booklet consists of photographs illustrating the facilities and purposes of the media systems. This booklet is part III of a series on…