Five principal products of an integrated academic, fiscal, and facility planning process are discussed: an academic plan, a physical development plan, institutional priorities, a capital budget, and an operating budget. Criteria for successful implementation of a planning process that integrates these five plans are offered. (Author/MLW)

Recommends steps to improve camp directors' year-round effectiveness in the camping movement. Suggests establishing common vocabulary, emphasizing values of camp programs or "hospitality services," and understanding the relationship of the outdoors to the programs offered. Offers tips for broadening camps' year-round services as educational…

Overview of five construction delivery approaches. (MLF)

Day care centers need not be unimaginative. When educators, child caregivers, and architects work together, the resulting day care facility can incorporate a wonderful complexity of interrelationships. Inspired by their surroundings, young children can become sensitive, caring early learners eager to express their boundless curiosity and…

A survey of 30 recently constructed academic libraries indicates that space needs for library media services can be allocated based upon the level of service the media center will provide. A method for calculating space needs based upon the level of service and the overall size of the library is proposed. (five references) (LAE)

A comprehensive series of 12 courses provides school facilities planners with the knowledge to make demographically responsible and educationally sound recommendations about present and future educational facility needs. (MLF)

Culturally sensitive schools reflect the customs and heritage of the community served. Examples of such schools are presented, and considerations for planning culturally sensitive school facilities are described. (13 references) (MLF)

Illustrates how one developing nation, Trinidad/Tobago, responded during hard economic times to demand for educational facilities. Space standards for primary schools have been compromised in the wake of rising inflation and economic recession during the 1980s. One result is overcrowding. Improved policy guidelines are essential, along with…

Questions some fundamental assumptions of historical methods of space guidelines in college facility planning, and offers an alternative approach to space projections based on a new benchmarking method. The method, currently in use at several institutions, uses space per faculty member as the basis for prediction of need and space allocation. (MSE)

Examines renovation efforts involving an old urban, magnet high school (North Fort Myers, Florida) that transformed it into an up-to-date school facility without interfering with the school's operation. Discusses design and planning strategies, materials used, and the environmental concerns that needed to be addressed. (GR)

Examines the design of a new library/art facility at a San Francisco high school that complemented the school's contemporary academic program and reputation for excellence. Discusses the planning and architectural strategies and the technological and convenience additions designed to meet greater student needs. (GR)

Discusses why digitization is not the solution to libraries' storage problems. Describes Harvard University's first off-site storage model and the creation of book storage facilities by several other universities, also noting collaborative storage arrangements. (AEF)

Advances a notion of decent school buildings as necessary to quality education, considering a perspective that balances science with the art of designing, constructing, and renovating schools. The article illustrates the issue by examining one urban elementary school's renovations, additions, and history. It contends that educators should view the…

Discusses planning and funding a high school whose design simultaneously addresses the changing nature of education, aesthetics, and security while enhancing the learning process. The concept of pooling funding sources or passing a bond issue for developing affordable joint-use facilities is highlighted. (GR)

Presents brief site-visit reports of three Paris (France) public schools to study the planning and use of each school's library. Observations from an elementary, middle, and high school include the overall library design, book classification and access systems, technology use, budgeting, and librarian role. (GR)