Describes the designs of a number of community junior colleges located throughout the United States, and explains why the designs were chosen. (MLF)

Discusses the usefulness of a well-defined master plan to community colleges and explores trends in master planning that place more emphasis on issues that attract and retain students; these include the first impression, a sense of place, a concern for the environment, student housing, parking, and partnership zones. (EV)

It is noted that in any planning process for community colleges, physical facilities are only an adjunct to the instructional program, and any types of facilities that evolve should be based on the nature of the students, the curriculum, and the general philosophy and operation of the college. A list is presented as a suggested guide for questions…

These guidelines include definitions pertaining to educational criteria and planning criteria, and guidelines regarding--(1) administrative ratios, (2) space allocation in assignable square feet, (3) area conversion factors, (4) gross building area distribution, (5) curriculum balance development, (6) project performance schedule, and (7) project…

Polk Community College's educational plant survey was conducted as a systematic study and evaluation of existing educational facilities and the determination of future educational plant needs. The educational plant survey is intended to assist the District Board of Trustees in the formulation of plans for housing the educational program, student…

Addresses ways in which concurrent-use facilities can address issues of preparation for and access to higher education. Provides information on the ways Florida has begun to combine two- and four-year institutions into one campus location. (Contains 17 references.) (NB)

The evolution of Montgomery College (MC), in Maryland, has taken place in four chronological phases: the founding years (1946-1950); the years of establishment of the college (1950-1965); the years of transition and development (1965-1980); and the period of college consolidation and enhancement (1980 to the present). The college was established…

Foothill College owes its tremendous popularity to the fact that it neither fits into the tradition of the modern movement of architectural art, with its in-group language of heroic forms constructed in brute concrete, nor the more esoteric world that sees high art in commercial strip development and A & P parking lots. (Author)

The designer of a modern community college must concomitantly meet the needs of those who expect a college to fit their traditional perceptions of a suitable physical plan, and not repel the great numbers of nontraditional students the community college is expected to serve. Many community colleges have been built as an uneasy compromise between…

After some general comments concerning all guidelines, planning standards are described for--(1) various types of new facilities, (2) expansion of present facilities, (3) minimum space requirements for a college, (4) net-to-gross space ratios, and (5) total project costs. Information regarding capital construction project submissions procedure is…

The architects of Sheridan College invented an organizational plan that views the campus as an urban form similar to a pedestrian-scaled town or city, built to focus on a central "market" or forum area. (Author/MLF)

THIS OVERVIEW OF THE REASONS FOR THE MASTER PLANNING OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES IS ACCOMPANIED BY MANY CHARTS, SKETCHES AND PHOTOGRAPHS. DIFFERING TYPES OF BUILDINGS, SITES, AND PROGRAMS, AND THE ENSUING COSTS ARE REVIEWED. A TYPICAL SCHEDULE SHOWING FACILITY DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING ON A NEW CAMPUS IS INCLUDED. FIVE CASE STUDIES AND TWO PROJECTED…

This document relates specifically to the problem of requesting, justifying, and receiving state general funds and construction bond dollars as required by the 13 community colleges in Oregon. The problem is to determine a method of distribution of state general fund dollars and construction bond dollars that will meet the currently projected…

The new Alameda Community College near San Francisco is designed to provide dignity and emphasis to vocational studies. Buildings are organized linearly around an alameda'' (tree-lined promenade) and feature corridorless, non-airconditioned, thin-wall design to capitalize on the mild Bay climate. (Author)

The references included were drawn from the documents received and processed to date by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities, and are organized into the following sections--(1) philosophical considerations, (2) guidelines for planning the physical plant, (3) financial aspects of junior and community college planning, (4) space…