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Therapy Dogs on Campus: The Benefit to Students, Faculty

From helping young children read to relieving the intense stress faced by university students, dogs are an increasingly familiar part of educational programs across the country.

Five Tips for Holding on to That Back-to-School Shine

Here are top five tips for sustaining a clean, healthy learning environment and your pristine deep-clean -- plus some extra credit! Each of our school-zone-defense strategies comes paired with an easy way to help students recognize how they can cut down on cross-contamination.

access control

Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)

Easy Access Control Solution

UW-Milwaukee’s Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex

Facilities (Campus Spaces)

Paths of Glory

UW-Milwaukee's Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex illuminates the route from science building to social hub.



Healthy Facilities

Healthy Facilities

The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI), in partnership with School Planning & Management and College Planning & Management magazines, held the first annual Healthy Facilities Award program. This special section highlights the standouts among the entries received.

Sustainable Parking Design

Sustainable Schools

Efficient and Prudent

Sustainable design revolves around the sun.

Ask the Expert (Learning Spaces)

Can Classroom Design Impact Learning?

Recruit & Retain (Mansfield University)

Engaging With Social Media

Building a stronger brand by connecting with students digitally.

Editor's Note

Making Spaces

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University of Utah Meets Three Cleaning Challenges with Cordless Backpacks

The custodial staff at University of Utah cleans 121 campus buildings. Three areas posed a specific challenge to vacuum: the library, lecture classrooms, and the Student Life Center. Then they tried the GoFree Flex Pro cordless backpack vacuum from ProTeam.

Planning Strategies

Facilities (Learning Spaces)

Programmatic Synergies

Planning strategies to support future pedagogies

Facilities Management (Managing Assets)

Bicycles on Campus

Is your campus bicycle- and bicyclist-friendly?

Case Western Reserve University

Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)

Academic Makerspaces Foster Innovation

Business Practices (Achieving Administrative Excellence)

A New President's First 120 Days

Observations on and advice for the start of a new presidency.

Syracuse University

Facilities (Campus Spaces)

A Framework for Learning

A bold vision for campus redesign is navigating old and new at Syracuse University.

Syracuse University

Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)

Road Art That Lasts

educational design

Building Blueprints (Facilities in Focus)

Preparing for the Future

Rethinking educational design for a new generation of learners.

Healthy Facilities

Healthy Facilities

The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI), in partnership with School Planning & Management and College Planning & Management magazines, held the first annual Healthy Facilities Award program. This special section highlights the standouts among the entries received.

The Sustainable Campus (Trends and Innovations)

Sustainable Grounds

Villanova University is working to achieve a more natural campus experience.

Facility Planning

Educator Commissioning

A crucial step in collaborative teaching.

unlocking value on campus

Facilities (Campus Spaces)

Capitalizing on College Spaces and Places

From loading docks to libraries, evaluating space and leveraging resources is essential to good planning — and to unlocking value on campus.

Hot Tips (Flooring)

Flooring for Safety

Hot Tips (Safe Flooring Choices)

How Floors Keep Students Safer

Legally Speaking (Insight on the Issues)

A Blueprint for Title IX Compliance

A working model for responding to reports of sexual harassment and violence.

Active Planning

Facilities (Learning Spaces)

Using Active Planning to Evaluate Space and Leverage Resources

Active planning of facilities is critical for all school districts, no matter the size.

North Idaho College

Facility Focus (Career and Technical Education)

North Idaho College: Parker Technical Education Center

Ask the Expert (Classroom Furnishings)

Does Design Impact Student Success?

Houston Community College

Facility Focus (Career and Technical Education)

Houston Community College: Stafford Workforce Training Center

perimeter security

Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)

The Secure School Perimeter

Meeting the growing challenge of security in K-12 schools.

Editor's Note (The View From Here)

Two New Annual Special Features

green purchasing

Green Purchasing

Are We Green Yet?

The concept of green procurement has been around for nearly two decades. Are colleges and universities on board?

Legally Speaking

Don't Be at Risk

There are no "instant" background checks for volunteers.

parking

Facilities (Learning Spaces)

The K-12 Parking Puzzle

Parking problems have grown at schools along with the size of cars and increased traffic. Here's how experts suggest dealing with these new needs.

BU Castle

Facilities (Campus Spaces)

Transforming BU Castle

From a heritage building to daily-use venue for alumni, faculty and students, an iconic mansion undergoes historic restoration for new life as an alumni center.

Business Practices

Stakeholder Financial Literacy

Telling the story behind the numbers.

fire security

Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)

Technology Enhances Fire Security

Today's integrated fire detection, alarm and sprinkler systems are being designed into facilities as an integral part of improved occupant safety.

parking

Technology (Innovations for Education)

Parking Goes Hi-Tech

Technology is transforming parking, adding cost-saving efficiencies and sustainability to a campus necessity.

Fire Safety Tips

roof

Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)

Finding the Right Roof

place influencing design

Facilities (Learning Spaces)

Wilderness Wonder

How place influences design.

Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology

Business (Managing Higher Ed)

A Bright Partnership

The University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology are collaborating to spur light and sound innovation.

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