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Middleton, William D. – Facilities Manager, 1986
As China undertakes substantial planned educational growth, the challenges of university physical plant administration include adaptation of space utilization analysis and planning techniques, improved economies of scale, increased dependence on community support for housing and other services, increased efficiency in construction, more preventive…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Educational Change, Facility Improvement, Foreign Countries
Geiger, Philip E. – School Business Affairs, 2002
Describes the cost and causes of the school maintenance "crises"; lists seven questions to determine if a school district has a quality maintenance program; describes consequences of deferred school maintenance in Yuma (Arizona) Union High School District. (PKP)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Federal Government, Financial Needs, High Schools
Farrell, Charles S. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
George Mason University's new Patriot Center arena is built and owned by the university but managed and in part designed by operators of a local sports and entertainment complex. This allows the university to have the arena's benefits without having to learn the business of operating it. (MSE)
Descriptors: Consultants, Facility Planning, Facility Requirements, Field Houses
Evangelauf, Jean – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Campus construction is projected to boom as colleges and universities catch up on deferred maintenance and replace outdated classrooms and laboratories. Severe problems identified include roofs, heating systems, asbestos removal, and electical systems. (LB)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Obsolescence, Campus Planning, College Buildings
Fuchsberg, Gilbert – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
Deferred maintenance has been known to be a costly and growing issue on America's campuses. A new survey sent to 750 plant administrators is discussed. The cost of catching up and keeping up is more than most institutions can afford. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, College Buildings, Costs
Werner, Thomas – American School and University, 1984
Six physical plant managers at various types of educational institutions review the mixed results of their strategies to secure funds for deferred maintenance projects. (MJL)
Descriptors: Deferred Maintenance, Educational Administration, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Finance
Auerbach, Arthur – 1983
This report by New York City's Division of High Schools contains policy statements relevant to the high schools. The following topics are dealt with: school administration, instruction, students, guidance, special programs, parents, personnel management, management by objectives, budget and school management, and plant management. (CMG)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Educational Counseling, Facility Guidelines, High Schools
Download full textEducational Facilities Labs., Inc., New York, NY. – 1982
Contending that the physical plants of colleges and universities are deteriorating and inadequately fit existing institutional programs, this report diagnoses causes underlying this neglect and recommends strategies for upgrading campus care and management. Pointed out as fundamental problems are: lack of integration of physical plant concerns…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Buildings, College Environment, Computer Oriented Programs
