A design studio is a critical venue for design students, as they are educated to develop design thinking and other skills through studio courses. This article introduces a design studio project in which Korean and Malaysian students worked jointly for one semester to design affordable urban housing. The Korean students were interior design majors…

Parents of children with special needs are beginning to realize that a home designed for their child who might now use a wheelchair may benefit them as well in the future as they "Age in Place". As the boomers age and Medicare and Medicaid seem to possibly decline in the not so distant future as a source of funding for elderly and special needs…

The question of remodeling an existing house to make it wheelchair accessible or building a new barrier-free house is a difficult decision. This article presents some initial questions and considerations followed by a list of pros and cons for remodeling an existing house vs. building a new house.

By providing a $20,000 tax credit for Universal Design (UD) housing, when new housing construction begins anew, the United States has a real opportunity to save hundreds of billions of dollars in long-term healthcare while encouraging long-term economic growth. Universal Design (also known as Inclusive Design or "Aging in Place" when referring to…

Meeting the Housing and Interior Design Standards will provide students with skills for personal family life and towards becoming a professional in the interior design field. The mission of Housing and Interior Design education is to prepare students for family life, work life, and careers in the fashion industry by creating opportunities to…

Significant differences emerged among examination scores for students assigned to use microfiche, those for whom use was optional and those not permitted access. (Editor)

Restructuring of Virginia Tech's college of home economics into a college of human resources established a department of housing, interior design, and resource management and created an opportunity for collaboration with industry. The seven-part model includes developing a clear perspective of goals and common values, identifying benefits and…

Two architects review housing needs of the handicapped elderly and give some specific design considerations for safety and mobility. (MF)

Even at land-grant institutions, faculty seldom work with commercial retailers on community programs. Retailers can help with outreach and engagement programs because they provide the "natural habitat" for consumers the programs seek to address. Allied health, family science, and interior design faculty at the Ohio State University…

Suggests ways that teams of home economists, integrating information from constituent fields of the discipline, may provide important services to hospices. Suggestions are included from the areas of human development and family relations, foods and nutrition, housing and interior design, clothing and textiles, and financial management and decision…

This curriculum guide for home economics instructors of eleventh and/or twelfth grade students builds on content received in Home Economics I and II, and provides a 12- to 18-week course of study designed to increase basic knowledge and develop skills in living space and its design, home selection and finance, housing exteriors and interiors,…

The design development of a housing facility for deaf and blind students is reviewed in considerable detail. Initially traditional architectural solutions to the creation of dormitory space and accompanying circulation patterns are examined for their effect upon the lives of the inhabitants. The subsequent design progression which is presented is…

This curriculum guide is designed for use by consumer home economics teachers as a resource in planning and teaching the year-long course in interior design and housing for students in grades 9-12. Introductory materials include general planning information (course overview and description) and information on using the competency listing,…

The instructional aids in this packet were designed to be used by high school home economics teachers who have Spanish speaking students with limited English skills mainstreamed into their regular classes. The teaching aids can be used by both English and Spanish speaking students at the same time because both Spanish and English are presented on…

This instructor's guide is designed to accompany the sixty-seven modules for a housing and home furnishings course (available separately--see note). Two types of information are provided for each module. The first page of the materials for the module correlates contents of the module (student information, student self-checks, and evaluator's final…