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Abstract: Changing patterns of demand for higher education services have generated considerable interest in research into the factors governing the choices students make when they apply to colleges and universities. Recently, one unit of New York State government has undertaken some preliminary research into this subject. More substantial and sophisticated efforst are also under way as part of an inter-agency cooperative research project which has as its objective the development of a model of the demand for higher education services in New York State. This article, written by Walter T. Kicinski, chief, and Neal M. Soss, staff economist, of the Program Analysis and Review Unit, New York State Division of the Budget, describes this potentially significant effort and includes the preliminary results of research already completed.

Abstract: Currently developing a comprehensive new curriculum and educational program and installing structures for institutional self-renewal, Austin College is attempting to better meet its students' needs through a challenging restatement of educational tasks and educatinal roles. Austin College graduate and former employee Suzanne Starnes, now a freelance observer-writer related to evaluation of the project, describes the activities at Austin College in the following article.

Abstract: This is the thirdof seven articles to address the problem of what higher education can do to meet the space needs of new programs and a wider constituency without resorting to new building. One way to meet space needs is to modernize available campus space. With costs of new construction steadily rising, with space on which to build dwindling and wiht the growing affection for old, familiar buildings on campus, modernization often serves as the ideal answer. Typical approaches are reviewed in this article and a larger selection of case studies is on hand at Educational Facilities Laboratories. They may be obtained on request from EFL, 477 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. The information for these articles and the complementary case studies comes from a project lointly funded by the Office of Experimental Schools of the National Institute of Education (U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare) and by Educational Facilities Laboratories.

Abstract: This is the fourth of seven articles to address the problem of what higher education can do to meet the space needs of new programs and a wider constituency, without resorting to new building. One way to meet space needs is to prospect for available space off campus and by means of rehabilitation or major conversion, to adapt this space to educational needs. This kind of space is known as "found space." Residential, commercial and industrial shifts in urban and suburban areas have left many large, solidly built structures vacant. Such structures are often convertible to educational uses at a cost far below that of constructing an equivalent facililty new. How administrators can find and adapt such found space is reviewed in this article. along with some useful examples. A larger selection of case studies of found space is on hand at Educational Faciilities Laboratories. These may be obtained on request from EFL, 477 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10022. The information for these articles and the complementary case studies comes from a project jointly funded by the Office of Experimental Schools of the National Institute of Education (U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare), and by Educational Facilities Laboratories.

Abstract: The development of an open-ended list of ways in which to increase the effective participation of faculty in university planning efforts was the goal set by David G. Brown, provost of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in his address to the SCUP/ADAPT workshop, "More For Less: Academic Planning With Faculty Without New Dollars." The complete proceedings of the workshop, which was held April 17-19, 1974 at the Nordic Hills Conference Center near Chicago, will be published this fall as a cooperative venture of the Society and Educational Testing Service.

Abstract: One response to the new climate in higher education has been a proliferation of what has to come to be termed "non-traditional" studies. These new and pattern-shattering programs, aimed at attracting and holding college-age students and at tapping a new student audience among older people, were the subject of a three-day conference held last November in Glens Falls, New York, by the New York State Education Department. Highlights of the conference and some implications for planners are offered in the following article.

Abstract: The fiscal crisis higher education has generated increasing demands by private colleges and universities for more financial aid from state governents. On the other hand, there have been demands from some public institutions that the states cut off aid to the private sector in order to conserve limited resources for the support of public education. Is American high education on the brink of an era of self-defeating conflict and competition? Or will an emerging trend toward cooperation and coordination insure the survival of post-secondary education in all its forms? The prospects were examined at at three-day conference, February 6-8 in New York, sponsored by the Society for College and University Planning, the proceedings of which form the basis for the following article.

Abstract: Innovation, as John M. Smart sees it, is only one of a series of "juggernauts" -or vehicles of change--that have swept higher deucation in recent years. Others include the wave of expansion in the 1960's, "the pursuit of excellence," open admissions, affirmative action, and "accountability." Smart, who is deputy state university dean for new program development and evaluation in the Office of the Chancellor, California State University and Colleges, has taken a close look at the innovation juggernaut and, in the following article, urges planners to climb aboard the innovation band wagon --or should we say juggernaut.

Abstract: This is the second of seven articles to address the problem of what higher education can do to meet the space needs of new programs and a widened constituency. This article explores the solution of relying actively on non-campus facilities and programs. Institutions have begun to use the dispersed campus, outreach and external degree programs, and new technology. Longer and more varied studies covering seventy-five institutions are available from Educational Facilities Laboratories. Those who are interested in examining these case studies should write EFL, 477 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022, indicating their particular areas of concern. This article and the case studies, compiled for EFL by Jane Lord and Stephen A. Kliment, resulted from a project jointly funded by National Institute for Education and Educational Facilities Laboratories. Subsequent issues of Planning for Higher Education will carry the remaining articles of this series.

Abstract: This is the first of seven articles to address the problem of what higher eduation can do to meet the space needs of new programs and a widened constituency. The solutions cited show how existing space has been used more efficiently and how institiutions have acquired space in buildings that have not necessarily been used for education before. The common goal of all the solutions is to avoid resorting to new construction. The solution to redeploy campus space (and the timing of programs) depends on such variables as the institution's goals, location, financial stability and prospects. Several brief examples are given to show what some colleges and universities have accomplished. More detailed examples and full case histories are available by writing to Educational Facilities Laboratories, 477 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022 specifying areas of particular interest. The information for these articles and the complementary case studies, complied for EFL by Jane Lord and Stephen A. Kliment, resulted from a project jointly funded by the National Institute for Education and Educational Facilities Laboratories. Subsequent issues fo Planning for Higher Education will carry the remaining articles of this series.