In response to passage of Illinois Senate Bill 1424 in 1974, which authorized the establishment of a Courts Complex in Springfield, including the William Chamberlain Memorial School of Law, the Board of Higher Education submitted this report. Background information is presented on the state of legal education in Illinois and its planned expansion…

This first of three related volumes outlines the development and current objectives of community-junior college education in the state of Washington. Beginning as small liberal arts colleges, the 2-year colleges were limited in growth until 1961, when the concept of "comprehensive curricula" was officially recognized through state…

This report of PROJECT DESIGN, funded under ESEA Title III, assesses the English language arts of the Fresno City Unified School District, kindergarten through the 12th grade. A linguistic inventory was administered by mail to 75 randomly selected elementary, junior high, and senior high school teachers. A linguistic analysis of student…

Although the master schedule is the foundation of the secondary school, very few administrators have had any background in its construction. Scheduling is a complex task even for the traditional equal-time-for-each-subject scheduling. Scheduling should take into account the methodology and learning process of the school. The prime scheduling…

The annual conference encouraged communication among individuals and disciplines relating to long-range development of institutions of higher education. Ideas, comments, and major speeches were assembled and published. Major areas of interest following the introduction are--(1) college and university planning in Canada, (2) the educational…

The third of five volumes concerned with higher educational planning is divided into two distinct sections--(1) land use planning, and (2) traffic planning. The first section commences with certain definitions and interpretations which are meant to overcome any misunderstandings. Actual land use planning process follows and can be identified by…

Prepared in August of 1969, the master plan for a recreation-education facility is the application of principles established in the prototype study, volume 2 (RC 004 157) of the 4-volume report. The present volume coordinates these principles with the objectives of the State University Agricultural and Technical College at Delhi, New York. Factors…

This master plan for higher education in South Dakota addressed itself to several key areas: admissions, retentions and transfers, enrollment projections and building needs, governing structure, academic programs and role of each institution, financial aides, faculty salaries and benefits, and adult and technical education. Some major…

Within this document, and presented in their entirety, are five reports which depict differing views of Delaware County Community College (DCCC) from 1974 through 1980. The reports consist of both historical and predictive data, evolved from staff work related to long and short range planning. The general framework for this activity revolved about…

A study of campus decentralization and the dispersal of facilities at 10 universities focused on institutional needs and strategies in campus growth and organization and on trends in this area. Individual institutional concerns and efforts are noted. (MSE)

Examines conditions perpetuating stereotypes of occupational programs, students, and faculty as inferior, suggesting ways of promoting occupational education. Assesses federal involvement in occupational education. Recommends a national master plan for occupational education and a marketing approach to planning to realize a new community college…

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte's innovative approach to campus planning was to designate an internal task force to provide the vision, values, planning assumptions, and operational rules guiding the master plan, only later to involve architect-planners for implementation. This keeps control of the plan within the campus community…

Discusses three phases in implementing a master plan for a school-based local area network (LAN): (1) network software selection; (2) hardware selection, network topology, and site preparation; and (3) implementation time table. Sample planning and specification worksheets and a list of planning guides are included. (Contains six references.) (KRN)

Through rapid expansion, some city universities have run out of land. This forces a new approach to campus master planning involving collaboration with the city owning adjacent land. This approach is more politically charged, requires different planning skills, and usually requires consultants. San Jose State University (California) is an example.…

Introduces the concept of college and university campus master planning, describes factors and actors in the process, discusses the relationship to capital budgeting, and offers a typical master planning and capital-budgeting process as illustration. Developing a comprehensive institutional master plan can profoundly affect the institution's…