Editor's Note (The View From Here)
- By Deborah P. Moore
- 03/01/14
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Integrating Crime prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) concepts into master planning and design is one demonstrated way to create an overall safe campus.
Technology (Innovations for Education)
A variety of technology options are ensuring that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students receive the best training and real-world experience before embarking on their careers.
On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, President Obama announced his proposed 2015 Fiscal Year Budget. In recent years, the President’s budget has become more of a ritual than a reality. Maybe better described as a White House wish list. Though required by statute, these budgets are usually dead on arrival and until last year, nothing was ever resolved quickly or on time.
- By Fritz Edelstein
- 03/01/14
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
...out of mind. That's what most people -- facility managers included -- think about their roofs, until there’s a problem. Informed choices and diligent maintenance could extend the usefulness of one of your school's biggest assets. Can you stretch the life your roof 20 years or beyond?
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
What's new in building products and materials?
- By William Atkinson
- 03/01/14
Maintenance & Operations
Shared use practices support a growth mantra that active children learn better.
- By Mikaela Randolph
- 03/01/14
Business Practices
A case study in business service consolidation.
- By Thomas A. DeLuca
- 03/01/14
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Sustainable, teachable roofs are beginning to replace asphalt and black membrane roofs.
- By Michael Fickes
- 03/01/14
Emerging Technology (Enhancing, Engaging, Connecting)
An EMS should be part of a comprehensive communications strategy.
What to do with the growing body of research documenting the benefits of healthy schools.
Maintenance & Operations (Managing the Physical Plant)
A complete maintenance plan extends well beyond your facilities' walls.
- By Michael G. Steger
- 03/01/14
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Basic approach looks like natural surveillance.
Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)
Using technology in a way that is advantageous to the students and teachers.
- By Danielle Przyborowski
- 03/01/14
Emerging Technology (Enhancing, Engaging, Connecting)
Focus (Classrooms and Collaborative Learning Space)
Technology (Innovations for Education)
Higher education is being reshaped by technology. A growing number of digital learning institutes are emerging on campuses across the country, and both students and instructors are adjusting to the new ways of teaching and learning they offer.
- By Brandon Barrett
- 02/01/14
Safety & Security
- By Michael S. Dorn
- 02/01/14
Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)
Enabling BYOD and other mobile strategies.
Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)
Facility Focus (Classrooms and Collaborative Learning Space)