Typical Classroom Sizes No. of Student Stations Sq. Ft. per Student Station Sq. They cannot be easily used as classrooms because of the special-purpose equipment. The expected use of laboratory space at each institution shall be the maximum practicable level. Table 6 ranks departments at various levels for application of OSU Research and Instructional Laboratory entitlement guidelines.
Research is recognized as a creative inquiry.
Identify the institutional mission and apply only standards that are consistent with it. Identify unique institutional factors and correlate to the application of research space. Space needs must be differentiated by discipline and may be differentiated by the functional orientation of the discipline. Space requirements vary with the research project's needs. Changes of entitlement to research space occur.