INSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORY UTILIZATION ANALYSIS


A similar indicator of intensity of teaching facility use relates classroom laboratories and service areas to weekly student contact hours of laboratory instruction. For all campuses, that measure of utilization is 5.77 square feet of classroom laboratory space to weekly student contact hours of laboratory instruction for Fall Semester, 1995-96.

INSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORY UTILIZATION ANALYSIS
Fall Semester, 1995-96

Weekly StudentInstructional Laboratories
CampusContact HoursSquare FootageUtilization Factor
Bloomington67,346 371,220 5.51
Indianapolis **40,993 *244,273 5.96
East5,251 *28,991 5.52
Fort Wayne17,292 *100,375 5.80
Kokomo2,689 *21,742 8.09
Northwest8,929 55,749 6.24
South Bend8,205 *57,209 6.97
Southeast10,862 *52,606 4.84
Total Campuses161,567 932,165 5.77

NOTES: As of 1991-92 includes space under construction; excludes off-campus facilities.

*Includes Purdue Statewide Technology students.

** Includes Columbus Center

SOURCES: Indiana University Bureau of Facilities Programming and Utilization, and Office of Space Utilization, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.

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Last Updated: 25 November 1996
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