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Outsourcing

Business (Managing Higher Ed)

Trouble in Paradise: When Outsourcing Doesn't Work as Planned

What are your options when outsourcing doesn't work as planned or intended?

Facilities Management (Managing Assets)

IoT, Energy and Effectiveness

What are the implications of the IoT infiltrating campus facilities?

Fire & Life Safety (Focus on Preparation and Prevention)

A Fresh Set of Eyes

Consider the value of third-party inspections for life-safety systems.

Designing the interiors of performing and visual arts

Breaking with Tradition

"Traditional" campus spaces — such as performing and visual arts spaces and libraries — are undergoing transformational design updates, evolving into multifunctional, technology-rich, vibrant spaces.

Editor's Note: The View From Here

Another BIG Change

Hot Tips: School Bathrooms

Why Bathrooms/Locker Rooms Matter More

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Facility Focus (Residence Halls)

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: New Residence Hall Building

Architectural Innovations

Architectural Innovations for Immersive Learning Environments In K-12 Schools

New forms of architecture design for K-12 schools are creating in-depth, adaptive and flexible learning spaces for students with diverse and changing learning needs.



North Carolina State University

Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)

Grounding Innovative Learning

Safety & Security (Protecting Campus Resources)

Stand By Your Word

Can you demonstrate fidelity for your campus safety approach?

Ask the Expert: Emergency Communications

What Do We Already Have That Can Improve Safety?

USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance

Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)

Ideal Dance Floor Solution

Business Practices (Controlling Your Resources)

Doing More with Less: 5 Behaviors for Success

Outsourcing

Business (Managing K-12 Education)

Should I or Shouldn't I? Facing the Outsourcing Decision

Sometimes it's a more responsible use of resources to contract a service. But how do you know for sure? Here's how to work through the process.

Editor's Note (The View From Here)

One Last Column

Safety & Security

Bulletproof Glass

Be careful, assumptions aren't the same as realities.

Innovative Library

An Innovative New Library

Riverside Elementary

Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)

Room(s) to Breathe

Business (Controlling Your Resources)

Doing More with Less: 5 Behaviors for Success

The Sustainable Campus (Trends and Innovations)

Put a LID on It

Stormwater management is winning awards for Sacramento State University.

Fire & Life Safety

Building Inspections

If you hire a firm, make sure they understand your systems and complexities.

Hot Tips: Wall Protection

Three Things to Know About Wall Protection

School Facilities

Facility Planning

School Facilities Belong in the Nation's Infrastructure Portfolio

Restroom design

Facilities (Learning Spaces)

Rethinking Restroom, Shower Room and Locker Room Design

For a variety of reasons, restroom, shower room and locker room designs are changing. Here's a look at what's driving those changes and what the spaces look like.

California State University Fresno’s School of Education

Technology (Innovations for Education)

Teaching the Teachers

California State University Fresno's School of Education has created technology-enabled classrooms that promote next-generation learning for the next generation of teachers.

Making Schools New

Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)

Making School New Again

Technology is reinventing K-12 teaching and learning.

gender-neutral restrooms

Facilities (Campus Spaces)

Restrooms for All

Despite pushback from an unfriendly administration, gender-neutral restrooms grow more common — and more necessary — on college campuses.

Ask the Expert: Crisis Communications

What is RTLS technology?

It's Time to Talk About Sexual Abuse in Our Schools

Sexual abuse is now our schools single biggest risk, costing districts tens of millions of dollars each year, not to mention the incalculable human cost.

Plastic Liners, Oatmeal and Cost Savings

Reducing the number of plastic trash can liners used on your campus is good for sustainability goals as well as your budget.

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