This guide contains recommendations for designing high performance, energy efficient schools located in hot and dry climates. A high performance checklist for designers is included along with several case studies of projects that successfully demonstrated high performance design solutions for hot and dry climates. The guide's 10 sections…

This issue of Exploratorium Magazine focuses on Antarctica. Antarctica has one of the most extreme climates in the world with an untouched environment inviting researchers with great opportunities for study. This issue describes the journey of four Exploratorium staff members to frozen Antarctica. Chapters include: (1) "Life at the Bottom of…

This paper reports on the results of a study on the experiences of being mentored for women faculty that identified the political climate of the organization as an essential attribute influencing their mentoring experiences. The findings identified various aspects of organizational culture and work-life considerations that affected the mentoring…

This paper examined the relationship between organizational learning culture, learning transfer climate, and organizational innovation. The objective was to test the ability of learning organization culture to account for variance in learning transfer climate and subsequent organizational innovation, and to examine the role of learning transfer…

Several articles are presented covering the development and use of gas/electric cooling solutions for public schools and colleges. Articles address financing issues; indoor air quality (IAQ) problems and solutions; and the analysis of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Three examples of how schools solved their cooling problems…

This CD-ROM, designed for students in grades K-2, explores the world of weather. Students investigate weather to learn about climate and the seasons, how animals adapt to weather changes, how clouds tell us about conditions, and how weather plays a part in our everyday lives. The weather calendar lets students record and write about conditions…

This paper focuses on some of the effects of climate on library and archives collections in tropical climates, and discusses some prudent alternatives to the mechanical and chemical approaches commonly used to control climate and its immediate effects. One of the most important factors affecting the longevity of library and archival materials is…

This manual, written in response to requirements of the Washington State legislature, focuses on practices which can be undertaken during the siting, design, construction, or renovation of a school, recommends practices to help ensure good indoor air quality during building occupancy, and suggests protocols and useful reference documents for…

Cleveland, a former student and colleague of Watkins was aware of his earlier use of the Halpin and Crofts Organizational Climate Descriptive Questionnaire (OCDQ) at the school level in a school improvement initiative. Later as superintendent of a small city school system, Cleveland encouraged an elementary principal to utilize the results from…

The philosophy and workability of the concept of worker participation in management decisions is discussed in the context of British society. It is recommended that four interests be represented in any kind of Workers' Council: management, workers, shareholders, and consumers. (AG)

This paper orients itself to explore the mission of art institutions in society, analyze the characteristics of art as a "good" (and the business repercussions of those characteristics) and subsequently attempts to highlight the specific challenges art poses for managerial processes. (Author)

The article discusses the Continuing Education Unit's chameleon-like nature by focusing on its definition and background and possible perceptions from the academic perspective, the user group perspective and the individual learner's perspective. (AG)

Describes the application of an air pollution index, in conjunction with synoptic meteorological forecasting, to an operational program for forecasting pollution potential in the Sarnia (Ontario) petrochemical complex. (JR)

Results of a survey conducted in 14 urban Australian high schools demonstrate that a school staff will comprise various groups who hold distinct perceptual models of the school's administrative structure and of the principal's leadership quality. (Author/WM)

Locally produced brick and Idaho White Pine laminated wood are used in building a combination gymnasium/shop constructed to withstand climatic extremes. (MF)