Examines the award-winning Commonwealth Hall, a new education and development center at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, that helped the campus acknowledge the beauty of its rural location and the region's industrial history. Discusses the building design's connectivity with other facilities, its blending in with the surrounding…

Discusses the factors responsible for the ambivalent and confused attitudes toward the urban university, including sources of resistance. Current rhetoric suggests that what used to be called urban problems is now metropolitan or human problems with the corresponding reconceptualizations of urban universities as metropolitan or generic, thus…

Discusses the link between childhood memories and the "intimate geographies" of childhood experience as demonstrated in Hunter Diack's novel "Boy in a Village." Notes the settings of home, street, and institutional geography as themes in the book and in academic articles on children's social spaces. (JPB)

Language policy development connects a school district's educational philosophy and the day-to-day practice of educators. An educational philosophy elaborates the aims a school district has for its students; language policy, on the other hand, engages day-to-day practice because it is concerned with how students are going to achieve the aims…

Using data from Illinois, I examine relationships between the number of private schools and characteristics of the public schools and surrounding population. I find positive, statistically significant relationships between number of private schools in 1998 and public school 3rd grade class size, the percent college educated, and the percent over…

The calendar systems used at 3,387 colleges and universities in 1982 were identified. Comparisons to the systems used in 1978 and 1981 also were made. It was found that the predominant calendar type in use has been and continues to be the semester. From 1978 to 1981, there was a 2 percent increase in the use of the semester system nationwide, with…

General reform in the admission requirements, curriculum, organization, and location of Swedish higher education institutions is described. (DE)

IN THIS REPORT INFORMATION AND STATISTICAL DATA ARE GIVEN ON THE DULUTH, MINNESOTA, SCHOOL SYSTEM'S PHYSICAL PLANT, FINANCES, PERSONNEL, INNOVATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR SPECIAL STUDENTS. THE APPENDIXES TO THE REPORT CONTAIN A LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THEIR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, A SUMMARY OF A…

THE COLORADO BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL SERVE AS THE STATE AGENCY IN COORDINATION AND REGULATION OF THE COLLEGES. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, HOWEVER, CONTROL IS TO BE LEFT WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT. THE STATE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO 16 DISTRICTS, INCLUDING ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF THE STATE, AS LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS. THERE ARE TWO…

The result of cooperative planning with teachers, supervisors, administrators, architects, and technical experts, this manual emphasizes space relationship between the educational program and physical facilities. General information covers--(1) school planning, (2) new school planning committees, (3) instructions to architects, (4) objectives of…

This guide is designed to show architects, school board members, and educators ways to reduce the cost of school construction without impairing the educational opportunities offered to pupils, and to bring building requirements and recommendations in line with modern thinking and the newer construction materials. Its purposes are--(1) to present a…

An outline is presented of business procedures related to the many facets of educational program operations. Statutes, regulations, practices, attorney general's opinions and reports, and court decisions relative to school business in Iowa are cited. While the report is a review of the procedures for the state of Iowa, a number of procedures are…

The plans for the physical expansion of the University of Witwatersrand cannot be divorced from its goals. In planning a new campus area, there is an underlying philosophy of growth to accommodate all sectors of society and to serve the total community of which the university is part. (MLW)

Natural environments on school sites provide considerable multi-disciplinary educational opportunities, many of which are "hands-on" experiences that stimulate learning. This document presents guidelines on conserving and enhancing the natural environment on school sites. It provides guidance for developing the site requirements in…