Purpose: This study aims to provide an example of how higher education institutions (HEIs) can use a successful campus infrastructure project to fund a student- and faculty-led, community-success platform that advances the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach: The authors applied conceptual models for systems thinking…

The Educational Facilities Laboratories (EFL), an independent research organization established by the Ford Foundation, opened its doors in 1958 under the direction of Harold B. Gores, a distinguished educator. Its purpose was to help schools and colleges maximize the quality and utility of their facilities, stimulate research, and disseminate…

Systems building worked well for Boston's ambitious program, but the project manager tells why he thinks it won't work elsewhere. (Author)

Presented here are the major reasons why an asset management system (AMS) is needed, a brief history of their evolution and a description of the initiative undertaken by Quebec to implement such a system. The appendix contains the recommended basic requirements for an asset management system. (Contains 1 figure and 4 footnotes.)

The New York City Prototype Schools Program was initiated in 1987 as one of the strategies to design and build new facilities more quickly and at a reasonable cost. The prototype school building features five different blocks that can be configured in a variety of ways to meet individual site requirements. (MLF)

Developed as an aid to those responsible for facility planning in vocational education, this document contains the "School Building/Site Assessment Packet" and its instruction manual. The instruction manual provides background information, describes meanings, and presents ideas that are pertinent to consider and understand when using the…

This document is volume two of a two-part report on a project designed to develop instruments and procedures for evaluating and assessing the status of vocational education facilities in Indiana. Volume 2 contains seven appendixes of charts, tables, and other related information which accompany the technical report found in volume 1. Appendixes…

Knowing that many vocational facilities differing in outward appearance have equally successful results, the Indiana State Advisory Council on Vocational Education conducted a study to assess the essential elements of a vocational facility and to determine if a cost formula could be developed that would be useful for vocational administrators and…

This report illustrates the method, called the "SfB System," recommended in an earlier publication by this organization, for systematization of building projects. The aim of the report is to show how to arrange information on building elements and building construction for clear definition of the parts to be built and for easy…

When designing schools, one should assign space for athletic fields, arrange halls so that traffic will not disturb classrooms, separate grade levels, provide playgrounds exclusively for younger children, and provide lighting and ventilation. Unit plans should be designed so that all educational and domestic activities can be executed in the…