Random sampling of construction executives revealed a surprising lack of awareness concerning the proposed 10-year metric conversion recommendation made by the National Bureau of Standards in 1971. Explains attitudes on the desirability of conversion to the metric system and prognoses on the impact of conversion. (A paper presented at Building…

The 4th installment of a Building Cost File discusses the various techniques used for the evaluation of design and planning alternatives. Includes a cost analysis of Kresge College (see EA 504 942). Other related articles are EA 503 949, EA 504 572, and EA 504 579. (Author/MLF)

Presents some of the options in lighting design that meet illumination standards and conserve energy, but which are flexible. (Author/MF)

Presents a plan to found a new college that is completely self-efficient, with student tuition payments covering the entire costs of operating the institution. (Author/PG)

Presents a discussion with Charles R. DeCarlo, president of Sarah Lawrence College, who left IBM to seek more humanistic values, and became a cost-cutting educational administrator. (Author/PG)

If a survey questionnaire is designed and worded effectively, volunteers can be used to conduct it. Apple Valley-Rosemount (Minnesota) found that volunteers need not be trained in interviewing techniques, and that the school board and administration can reap a wealth of high quality data and benefits not normally available with conventional, more…

Article illustrates the advantages of correspondence education and suggests its potential uses. (RK)

Discusses research undertaken to determine recommended levels of lighting for effective seeing. Factors considered include age, veiling reflections, brightness differences, glare, and pleasantness. Also points out some common lighting practices that are wasteful and inefficient and suggests alternatives. (DN)

Describes for administrators eleven nots'' -- e.g., ignoring citizens, teachers, educational programs, school safety, flexibility, and environmental considerations in the initial planning process; failing to engage in feasibility studies and in information-giving question/answer sessions with community members, staff, and students; and…

Data from 151 survey questionnaires from 2- and 4-year colleges and universities on 1972-73 expenditures for instructional materials and equipment. (PG)

Describes how renovation and a little imagination can convert a city's older commercial buildings into sensitive, supportive quarters for education. The demographic changes within New York are offered as an example to other cities of the need for new kinds of facilities, rather than the need for new additional structures. (Author/WM)

Describes how one school district has been able to expand its curriculum offerings at very little cost by offering mini-enrichment courses on Saturday mornings. (DN)