A list of questions and guidelines that need to be considered when planning high school agriculture facilities. (HD)

Environmental interaction in a dayhall housing 31 severely and profoundly retarded adolescents at a Connecticut State institution, was evaluated within the initial existing facility, and the same facility redesigned to provide an enriched environment. (Author)

Workshop conferees looked at alternative organizations for planning, the place of planning in the decision making process, major social impacts that must be included in the planning process, the identity of planning agents, technical support needed by planners, and improved project planning. (Author/MLF)

A detailed description of a community college's successful efforts to reduce its energy consumption by modifying its central heating and cooling plant. (DC)

Administrators of the fastest growing school district in Illinois have coped with enrollment planning. In addition to enrollment projection techniques, school staff attend city and county planning meetings and also count the number of housing units occupied and under construction. (MLF)

Illustrates how archival records can provide information in Third World countries. The issues of Saudi Arabia's official newspaper were examined over a one-year period and 434 announcements calling for bids for a variety of educational services were recorded, coded, and organized. (MLF)

Five consultants and vendor representatives discuss general considerations and four specific topics related to the development of library facilities that will meet current and future needs: (1) planning ahead/staying involved; (2) computer facilities; (3) vendor support; and (4) building requirements for the electronic library. Four references are…

Eight articles address issues regarding sports facilities. Discussed are planning and design, athletic equipment, facilities operation, maintenance, and security. (MT)

The executive director of the Council of Educational Facility Planners, retiring after 17 years, views the biggest change in the educational planning field as the shift from a "bricks and mortar" mentality to a process that includes the users of the learning environment. (MLF)

To properly teach the use of computers, school must be equipped with laboratories that provide students with their own interactive computer or terminal--but that takes money. A business department chairman of a Southern California high school describes how he obtained a $40,000 federal grant to develop a 20-workstation laboratory. (JN)

A college space planning problem for an institution with high-density development on the campus site is examined. A model was developed that minimizes vertical student pedestrian movements. It is suggested that future investigators should consider a multiobjective approach to the resolution of space allocation problems. (Author/MLW)

Computer-aided design provides managers a means of visualizing and interrelating the components of a comprehensive facilities management system. Composites of any combination of transparent overlays can be viewed, stored, and viewed again for ongoing management. Classroom space planning and many other uses are cited. (MLF)

Representatives from North Carolina shared with other members of the Interstate School Building Service a systematic approach to school closure that includes analysis of facility physical condition and useful pupil capacity, current and projected enrollment, cost of operation, transportation responsibilities, racial balance, alternate uses, and…

Policies, procedures, guidelines, and rationale developed by various Illinois agencies responsible for physical facility development in community colleges were investigated. Data was assembled from surveys, documents, and interviews with former and present agency staff. Recommendations were made concerning the Capital Development Board, effective…