ERIC Number: ED280409
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Jun
Pages: 19
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Classroom Utilization. AIR 1986 Annual Forum Paper.
Gracie, Larry W.
The use of an index to match classes and classroom space was assessed. The index initiates the use of several variables controlling utilization: number of hours that rooms are scheduled per week, average percentage of occupancy per room, and amount of area per station per room. Interviews with deans covered current classroom assignment procedures/practices and the schools' space requirements. Satisfactory and good classroom usage were defined. Tables were prepared, and are appended, that compare each unit's number of classrooms, the size (number of square feet and number of stations), to majors (headcount) or hours (credit and contact) produced. Different patterns of classroom assignment were found in different units, most based on historical patterns. These space allocation patterns did not necessarily reflect the current situation based on student enrollments, credit, and/or contact hour production. Outcomes of the assessment included the designation of a person to oversee the development of an automated centralized classroom scheduling system. An interim modification was that the provost's office would assign classroom space. (SW)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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