A Land Use Study of Selected Junior College Environments.

This article is a pioneer study of private land use to serve students in the immediate vicinity of junior colleges. The case method was used to examine three community junior colleges in the Southeast with enrollments of 2321 to 4418. Indispensable student services are lunchroom and bookstore. There are some significant social advantages of private over state facilities for these services, such as complete and speedy attention to student needs while releasing public funds for strictly educational purposes. A planned partnership of public and private capital is desirable in providing student services. Areas around campuses were found to be unplanned in respect to partnership between private investment and college needs. Auxiliary retail establishments near each campus showed no particular pattern and were unplanned from either a student or college viewpoint. State investment could be concentrated in direct educational space and at the same time private capital should provide student services quickly.