This book addresses funding for school facilities. Contents of section 1, "Overview and Scope of the Problem," are: (1) "Unmet School Infrastructure Funding Need as a Critical Educational Capacity Issue: Setting the Context" (Faith E. Crampton); (2) "Financing School Infrastructure Needs: An Overview across the 50 States" (Catherine C. Sielke);…

This report assesses: (1) whether the Jackson State University (JSU) Honors Dormitory required nearly $1 million in repairs two years after it was built because of inappropriate design, construction, and maintenance; and (2) if the state or university has legal recourse to recover damages resulting from inferior design and/or construction…

This school has been made to answer, as far as possible, the specific demands of a non-traditional teaching system. Each classroom is considered and equipped as a complete unit, a house in itself. (CK)

Description, floor plan, and photographs of the new lower school building for New Canaan Country School, Connecticut. (LLR)

Emphasizes the need for facility designs that concurrently consider media and teaching needs." (Author/AA)

Schools and colleges see plastic bubbles as education's newest bag. (Author)

Discusses increasing insurance costs for school districts and lists ways for schools to cut down insurance losses. (MK)

A comprehensive treatment of the design, structural and functional features of Berlin University Hospital--a full-service medical teaching and research hospital. (FS)