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(ALE). Classrooms should have multiple monitors around the periphery of
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capable of being switched between monitors. Square footage per student
the classroom and flexible furniture to facilitate both conventional lecture
Content from the main teaching monitor and the student monitors will be
type seating as well as the ability to break out into smaller work groups.
at Mines in support of a lower faculty-to-student ratio and more smaller
All classrooms should be designed as an active learning environments
There should be a shift in the size and distribution of classroom space
classrooms. The shift in classroom distribution can be summarized as
This report recommends an approach to address the need for quality
Target # 71 11 5
was allotted at 23 square feet per student station.
Existing # 56 22 11 Mines should add 30,000 net square feet of new classroom space over a period of several years to raise all of classrooms to the same level of being provided in Mines Parking Structure 1 currently under construction

educational delivery. (This need is in addition to new classroom space Existing Conditions

Small (0-50 seats) Medium (50-100 seats) Large (over 100 seats)

classroom space. 1. 2. follows: 3. at Maple Street.)

CONCLUSIONS The findings of the Classroom Assessment support two underlying aspects of the current perception at Mines that there is not enough classroom space. First, classrooms are not consistently controlled by the Registrar which leads to situations where classrooms cannot achieve the optimized utilization rates described in the JBA report. The Facilities Master Plan recommends of this analysis that all classrooms be controlled by the R