Written to aid in the development and improvement of facilities for the mentally retarded in California, the guide describes the organization of the agency responsible, the State Department of Public Health, and presents the laws relating to hospital survey and construction, the State Health and Safety Code. Further information is provided…

In this study of the physical facilities of the nation's health professions schools, all schools of dentistry, medicine, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, and veterinary medicine, and all parent institutions of the schools, were surveyed in May of 1973. The major goals of this pioneering survey were to assess the nature and…

Designed for school administrators, teachers, advisory councils, and architects, this guide may be used in the planning or constructing of new comprehensive vocational facilities or in adding to and remodeling existing facilities. The guide contains information about general and specialized planning. The general planning information covers the…

The Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) is charged with overseeing state higher education resources, guided by two goals: (1) Increasing opportunities for students to earn degrees; and (2) Developing a higher education system responsive to the state's economic needs. Key strategies include the development of new planning tools…

Student activity funds may create educational opportunities for students, but they frequently create problems for business administrators. The first part of this work reviews the types of organizational issues and transactions an organized student group is likely to encounter, including establishing a constitution, participant roles,…

This study presents the results of the 28th annual inventory and utilization study concerning space in North Carolina institutions of higher education during the 1994 fall term. The study provides information on 113 institutions of higher education including the 16 public senior institutions which comprise the University of North Carolina (UNC),…

This study presents the results of the 29th annual inventory and utilization study concerning space in North Carolina institutions of higher education during the 1995 fall term. The study provides information on 113 institutions of higher education including the 16 public senior institutions which comprise the University of North Carolina (UNC),…

A telephone survey of all 50 states and site visits to 18 states and one Canadian province were conducted in order to provide data for a comparison of California's space and utilization standards to those of other states. The scope of the study was limited to a review of the standards or guidelines for the following space categories: classrooms;…

Refinements of space standards and a survey of physical facilities are reported for Ontario-area universities. Part I, "1987 Refinements to the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) Space Standards," updates the interim report issued in August 1986 and consists of the following: development of the COU space standards, the work of the…

A biennial publication of data collections (historical, comparative, student, staffing, space, and financial) from Ohio's state-assisted colleges and universities is presented. Six sections provide information on the following: (1) historical data (student enrollment, U.S., Ohio public and private totals; student enrollment, Ohio public…

Comprehensive facility management databases designed by the Facility Management Institute of Ann Arbor (Michigan) have three major sections or "files": the space inventory file, the property control file, and the building and grounds file. The first two are alpha-numeric in design, while the third is essentially a graphic file. The space inventory…

In 1973 the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the legislature to define in operational terms the legislature's constitutional obligation to provide "a thorough and efficient system of free public schools for the instruction of all children in the state between the ages of five and eighteen years." It also ordered the legislature to…

Accurate as of October 1975, the guidebook establishes detailed procedures and policies to be used by all persons engaged in white water rafting trips involving students from Jefferson County (Colorado) Public Schools, and provides a general guide and set of instructions for anyone planning and carrying out such a trip. The guidelines are drawn…

THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE--(1) TO FORMULATE A MODEL FOR ESTIMATING FUTURE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS CAPABLE OF EQUITABLY DIFFERENTIATING AND SUMMARIZING THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF INDIANA'S FOUR STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS, AND (2) TO DETERMINE AN ALLOCATION FORMULA FOR DISTRIBUTION OF AVAILABLE CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS WITH BIENNIAL PROVISIONS FOR…

Information is provided concerning Florida's facilities construction plan for the mentally retarded. Aspects covered include the administering state agency, methods of administration, and program development. Also detailed are the following: needs and services for Florida's mentally retarded; inventory, services, and programing; and priorities.…