The court decision upholding a college faculty member's eligibility for a federal income tax deduction for a home office used for research because his institution did not provide suitable space is discussed. (MSE)

Describes results of a study of the work activities, priorities, and degree of satisfaction with the office environment of faculty at a California university. Implications for office design are discussed. (Author/WB)

Examines the effects of office aesthetic quality on students' perceptions of teacher credibility and communicator style--97 students visited either a low or high aesthetic quality office or were assigned to a no-office exposure control group. Indicates that office aesthetic quality influenced participants' evaluations of teacher credibility and…

A dialogue between a manufacturer and an outside research group concerning an interior systems program of partitions, storage, display, and work surface components. (Author/MLF)

The purpose of the study was to survey and describe procedures for allocating faculty office space at selected colleges and universities. The findings indicated only a few insitutions with no standard procedures or guidelines for allocating faculty space. Most institutions reported that the academic vice-president was in charge of faculty space…

The Reedley College (California) counseling staff, before their new counseling center was built, undertook a survey of 63 community colleges in California to obtain information on actual and desirable counseling offices, counseling hours, and facilities. The optimal office size was found to be 10 x 11 1/2 feet. Size, however, depends on the…

Problems to be overcome in making the transition from a traditional classroom to a real business environment include provision for a mix of activities, variety of space sizes and shapes, multifuction spaces, and flexible planning. (Includes guidelines for adapting facilities.) (JOW)

Discusses interdependence of computers and microelectronics, importance of programing, offices of the future, communications for the 1980s, emerging information systems, and the inexpensive, fast, and reliable small devices such as memory chips. (JN)

When Indiana State University's School of Education housed all of its faculty in one building (their offices had previously been scattered in six buildings across the campus), it was theorized that the new proximity would facilitate closer professional relationships. A study indicates that interaction improved slightly and that further research…

Describes several methods and products to reduce excess reverberation and background noise in school areas, including music rooms, classrooms, gyms, offices, and natatoriums. (EV)

Presents findings from the 2001 "Career Services Survey" conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Survey focuses on the facilities, finances, and staffing of college and university career services offices. Where possible, results are compared with results of previous career services surveys. (GCP)

Architects and designers need to discover ways to work with management-users in determining the design and character of a working office. (Author/MLF)

ASSUMING THAT ADEQUATE OFFICES FOR SERVING THE NEEDS OF FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD BE PLANNED AND CONSTRUCTED AS INTEGRAL PARTS OF FACILITIES, RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED AND RESULTS REPORTED ON THE DESIGN OF A TWO-PERSON FACULTY AND/OR STAFF OFFICE. A FULL SCALE, PROTOTYPE MODEL WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE TWO-PERSON OFFICE AND TESTED FOR ECONOMICAL…

The school district of Philadelphia has committed itself to a program of upgrading the quality of elementary educational program and facilities. To ascertain the degree to which the school district is succeeding in building schools to facilitate educational innovations is the major purpose of this study. Evaluation charts are used to determine the…

Holyoke Center, most successful of Harvard University's first-generation high-rises, combines under one roof, but in separate towers, the University's health services and administration. (Author/MLF)