In response to the customary practice of administrators and faculty designing undergraduate programs only in terms of content and sequence, this book encourages presidents, deans, department heads, curriculum specialists, and faculty to take a broader perspective on program planning. Specifically, it advocates consideration of (1) how time and…

Information on physical facilities of Ontario, Canada, universities for 1980-81 is presented. Summary data are provided on all net assignable footage (NASF), by institution, for categories of space covered by the Council on Ontario University (COU) space standards and for categories of space to which the standards do not apply. Information is also…

Data describing campus facility use for instructional and related purposes for one week of activity in Fall 1978 were collected and evaluated at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Four measures of space utilization were used: (1) percent of available time used; (2) percent of available space used; (3) percent of scheduled space utilized; and (4)…

The Governor's Task Force on Community Schools studied the availability of unused and underutilized space in Florida's public school facilities; the possibilities for broader and more imaginative use of existing school facilities for community purposes so that they might serve all age groups during an expanded time period; the need for…

THE EXPANDING ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS AND MEDIA IN THE LEARNING MEDIA IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF APPROPRIATE SPACE DESIGN AND SPACE UTILIZATION. THREE AREAS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE NEW MEDIA--(1) PROJECTION DEVICES, (2) NONPROJECTION DEVICES, AND (3) TELEVISION. ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN CONCERNS ARE DEFINED AS--(1)…

THIS MANUAL SETS FORTH PROCEDURES FOR COMPLETING SURVEY FORMS TO COLLECT DATA NECESSARY FOR AN INVENTORY OF SPACE THAT CONFORMS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH INSTITUTION. THE AREAS DISCUSSED ARE GENERAL SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE A SURVEY, BUILDING INVENTORY PROCEDURES, ROOM INVENTORY PROCEDURES, AND UPDATE PROCEDURES. THE APPENDICES DISCUSS ROOM…

This report, the fifteenth in a series of twenty completed by the Children's Environments Advisory Service for the International Year of the Child, 1979, presents a guide for planning play spaces on roof decks in high density family housing projects where on-grade land is too scarce or too expensive for development as communal recreation space.…

A format to be used by each of the institutions in the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin State University systems to summarize information which justifies requests for new facilities. Its completion requires information concerning--(1) present and projected student enrollments by level, and (2) amounts of space by "category" (i.e., classroom…

A format considering factors to be studied in a proposed obsolescence formula. Items listed under the physical characteristics category are intended to be subjected to a technical evaluation under which the condition and adequacy of the building and building system may be subsequently measured as a yardstick of the building's present and future…

The Ruby S. Thomas School boldly rejects the self-contained classroom tradition in favor of the newly developing "big-room" concept. All of the pupils in each of the six elementary grade groups are instructed in one of six large, carpeted rooms or "pods". Each pod encloses a completely column-free area of approximately 4,000 square feet. These,…

Facility requirements for the University of Illinois, Chicago Undergraduate Division, were analyzed to estimate space requirements of the various departments of the Division. Standards used were established by assignment of areas to actual equipment, furniture, etc. , for specific usage of the space under consideration rather than assignment of…

This facility planning guide was developed by a commercial firm for use by school personnel in planning and equiping industrial education shops. It is based on an analysis of reports made by the company's 150 field representatives and information furnished by school administrators and architects. Five fundamental planning concepts and a cycle of…

A brief history of the development of a Detroit Institute of Technology centers on existing buildings acquired by the Institute. The present situation is discussed in terms of the resources available to an inner-city student, the types and number of students served, and the present adapted facilities--assignable gross space and space utilization.…

Procedures are described in which economies can be effected through careful planning of school buildings and particularly through the consolidation of spaces that are used intermittently throughout the school day. The paper introduces a "use-factor" as a measure, not of the amount of usable space but of the time for which usable space is…

Objectives of this paper are: (1) to provide a practical point of view, based on experience of library and audiovisual practitioners, for expanding secondary school library programs into instructional materials center programs as demanded by instructional programs involving flexible scheduling, inquiry, and independent study; (2) to provide an…