This publication, the result of a review of state school construction regulations, was developed for the purpose of providing an up-to-date guide on current laws, regulations, and the technology of the building profession. It is intended for architects and engineers as well as for school superintendents and boards of trustees, all of whom are…

Basic information and references to more detailed information are presented in this guide which is designed to help in establishing a learning environment in which training of individual employees can be carried out in the most economical manner. Aspects of individualized learning systems are discussed and include the following: history and…

This eighth in a series of nine learning modules on instructional management is designed to assist secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers in becoming competent in organizing the vocational laboratory (including planning, designing, arranging, setting up, remodeling, renovating, and expanding the learning facility). Introductory sections…

Suggestions and recommendations presented in this guide are intended to provide teachers, administrators, and architects who plan and equip home economics departments with the objectives and an overview of home economics education programs so that functional facilities will be designed. The first section, consumer and homemaking education, lists…

This paper examines issues concerning educational finance in the Washington, D.C. public schools according to three measures of adequacy: city budget, per pupil expenditures, and teacher-student ratio. The issues are discussed in the context of historical, social, and political developments (the change from Federal control over the school district…

The Wycheproof township in New South Wales (Australia) is the regional center for a grain farming community. The Wycheproof Education Centre was formed by the merger of a separate primary and secondary school (on one site with existing buildings), into a single governing body that is educationally structured into junior, middle, and senior…

Recommendations of the Connecticut Board of Higher Education regarding changes in the organization and structure of the public higher education system are reviewed, and recent policy initiatives of the board concerning student access, program planning, and capital investment and financing are described. Additionally, the background for the board's…

The final report of the Committee on Priorities and Resources for the 1980's of Williams College, a small private liberal arts college, is presented. Certain assumed conditions--slower economic growth, higher inflation and energy and book costs, and lackluster securities performance--form the basic constraints for college finances. The recruiting…

The Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs met July 1, 1980, to take testimony on Bill H.R. 6850 which proposed specific statutory authorization for the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), transferred administrative control from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB), and reserved the BIA educational…

The second phase of development of a comprehensive Master Plan for New Jersey Institute of Technology is detailed. As part of an established and continuing planning process involving all segments of the campus community, it reaffirms and further refines the institutional mission and priorities for the next decade. The plan is drawn in the context…

This publication was developed to suggest approaches to solving some of the basic problems faced by those planning new facilities and renovations or alterations of existing buildings. It is not intended as a total resource reference for school construction. The chapters in the book are presented in the same sequence as their subjects would…

This proposal outlines a three-part capital outlay plan designed to meet specified educational planning principles, to eliminate duplication of control by district and state agencies, and to direct state planning personnel from project justification to planning assistance. The proposal first discusses current problems, including multi-directional…

Technical and financial assessments were conducted of the Draft EUDISED Program 1976-78, which is to coordinate information exchange activities in educational documentation and information on a European level. Facilities and staff for various technical and organizational alternatives are described, costs of each alternative are estimated, and…

A study of the learning resources programs of public two year colleges provides a history and overview of the community college itself, followed by discussions of specific aspects of the library or learning resource center. These discussions cover personnel, administrative organization, technical services, materials and equipment, microforms, user…

This document presents the educational goals of the Vancouver School Board and describes an educational program and the broad space use specifications for the construction of several proposed facilities. The key elements in the proposed facilities are (1) a school designed to accomodate 495 students in the equivalent of 14 classroom spaces; (2) a…