Why a functional television studio requires more than unoccupied floor space. (Author)

At Sam Houston State University, student involvement includes: student involvement includes: student representatives on construction committees, student organizations assisting in planning facility improvement projects, the use of student employees in maintenance areas, and involvement of students with residence hall projects. (Author/PG)

This continuing series on energy conservation looks at opportunities for savings in new building construction. (Author)

Campaigns to reduce food waste at Michigan State University have helped to check high food costs. (Author/PG)

A college administrator gives his reasons for believing food service is best handled by the college: improved management and budget control. (Editor/PG)

Presents a plan for financial rewards to successful managers of service operations at higher education institutions. (Editor/PG)

Presented is material from an information program designed to help citizen advisory groups and local officials improve decision-making in water quality planning. This program is aimed at helping people focus on essential issues and questions by providing materials suitable for persons with non-technical backgrounds. The following chapters are…

The planning of facilities for early childhood education should be a part of a larger, comprehensive plan for educational services in the community. Early childhood education should not be an uncoordinated appendage tacked on to the existing patterns of education in organization, programing, or staffing. A number of diverse persons and agencies…

Through a study of student housing trends, it was found that college students seem to prefer apartment living over dormitory living for several reasons. Thus, students are more and more moving off campuses to rent apartment dwellings that may be unsafe or substandard. Five higher education institutions (Syracuse University, Roberts Wesleyan…

The planning of shop facilities should consider future needs of people and changing curriculum. A model is proposed. (EC)

Some ideas about planning now for facilities that will be needed tomorrow for technical education at the postsecondary level are presented, with the facility arranged for modularized teaching materials. A drawing illustrates this concept. (MF)

The Technical Unit for Recreational Facilities of the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation counsels practitioners, sports governing bodies, educational institutions, and the private sector on the planning, design, and construction of recreational facilities. Its operations and publications are noted and access to its document collection is…

As the leaders of the construction team, owners should (1) become knowledgeable about the construction industry, or hire someone who has that knowledge; (2) use familiar, tested, and fair contract forms; and (3) hire the most competent architects and engineers, and pay them fairly. (MLF)

Outlines the components involved in more accurate long-range facilities planning. Describes the ways three school districts accomplished their facilities planning. (MD)

Reviews the history of court ordered desegregation of schools. Includes three guidelines defining the implications for facility planners: separate but equal is inherently unequal, the scope of remedies will be in proportion to the extent of constitutional violation, and states will be mandated to finance (partially or completely) capital…