This self-instructional module presents learner objectives, text, practice exercises, and answer sheets on the development of the kind of building program that would be used by architects in designing a new building or training area for a school, college, or business. The text explains the components of a building program, including the basic…

Prepared to facilitate budgeting and planning at Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC), this institutional profile presents information on the college's programs, enrollments, students, staff, administration, finances, and facilities. The first sections provide a brief history of PPCC and a demographic profile of its service area. The next section…

As a result of declining enrollments and the associated need for budget reductions, many school districts are confronting the issue of school closure. This guidebook presents an alternative to closing schools, namely, the option of transforming them into community centers and addresses the issues involved in cooperative planning with the community…

The creation and development of 10 women's colleges are discussed: Mount Holyoke, Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Radcliffe, Bryn Mawr, and Barnard (the Seven Sisters colleges), and Sarah Lawrence, Bennington, and Scripps. Consideration is given to: how each of these colleges offered to women an education equal to that offered by the best men's…

This statewide survey (parelleling a 1983 study) was conducted by the Oregon Department of Education in 1985 to assess the status of microcomputer usage and instructional microcomputing in the public schools of the state. A total of 1,181 principals responded to the mailed questionnaire for a response rate of 96% as opposed to 90% in 1983. The…

This report presents data and recommendations of a project to analyze instructional services provided by public schools to California apprenticeship programs. Issues considered are instructional materials, instructional facilities, credit for apprentice classes, registration and interdistrict permits, isolated apprentices, financial support,…

A study examined the relationship of attitudes of vocational student teachers to their plans to teach. Also investigated during the study was an alternative method of scoring the Purdue Student-Teacher Opinionnaire. (The Purdue Student-Teacher Opinionnaire is a 60-item questionnaire that yields factor scores pertaining to the following areas:…

The extent to which Maryland postsecondary institutions are fulfilling major mission statements is reviewed by campus, and 5-year program plans are presented. In addition, information is presented on enrollments, programs, finance, facilities, faculty, and libraries. The admission criteria implemented by the public four-year institutions are…

The School Retrofit Design Analysis System (SRDAS) developed in this study provides a non-technical method for the school administrator to use in evaluating alternative energy saving retrofit and new construction design possibilities. By providing a high degree of flexibility, SRDAS is applicable to a wide range of school building and retrofit…

Defining stress as a "misfit" between individual needs and environmental attributes, this paper reviews research on areas where the designed environment, on both a schoolwide and a classroom level, interacts with the educational process. These interactions are considered from the perspective of stresses imposed on both teachers and students. The…

These guidelines were designed to provide useful information for hospital school administrators, teachers, and public school staffs in establishing and improving hospital school programs (HSP); and to further define the the position of the Association for the Care of Children's Health concerning the goals of hospital school programs. The rationale…

The Vermont State Board of Education adopted new standards for its public schools in August, 1984. This guide was prepared to assist schools in preparing for, and undergoing, the school approval process, a process which is voluntary for the first two years of its implementation. Section I presents and explains the procedure in the school approval…

A case study of preschool education in Kisumu, the second largest municipality in Kenya, investigated the distribution of preschools and assessed the appropriateness of curriculum, professional qualities of teachers, and the suitability of instructional resources, including the physical infra-structure of the preschools. The term 'preschools'…

The results of a survey of 55 Illinois school districts which had experienced declining enrollment and surplus school space are reported in this paper. All 55 districts had closed at least one school as a result of enrollment decline, resulting in a total of 89 school closures. The two most important criteria for selecting the schools to be closed…

One of five booklets designed to help vocational education teachers and administrators relate more effectively to handicapped students in their classrooms, this booklet suggests that the experience available to a normal student in a vocational education class is equally enriching to one who is handicapped if architectural changes are made to…