Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Providing high-quality, comfortable learning environments.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Here's how two transportation directors are using GPS, routing and other systems to increase student and fleet safety while making operations more efficient.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Students participate in gathering about restroom etiquette, care and health issues.
- By Dr. Thomas Keating
- 03/01/15
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Here's what school administrators need to know about choosing the right roof and ensuring it performs effectively.
Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)
Teachers are figuring out how to use video in the classroom. At the same time, school boards are figuring out technology budgets.
- By Michael Fickes
- 03/01/15
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Sustainability has becomes a way of life at Michigan's Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Their new Healthy Living Campus is a testament to that.
- By Brandon Barrett
- 03/01/15
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
64 Degrees, a reimagined student dining facility, has opened at the University of California, San Diego.
Technology (Innovations for Education)
Today's classroom and lecture hall presentation technologies provide accessibility to a variety of materials both to presenters and students, in the classroom or remotely.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Connecticut's high-performance school building standards show that the sustainability conversation needn't start or end with LEED.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Today's roofs are often expected to bear the weight of physical components that contribute to sustainability efforts. Here's what you need to know when planning for these features.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Video surveillance makes a big difference in improving parking lot safety. The latest technology promises to streamline operations and maybe boost your bottom line as well.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Seeking balance to make school technologies and people work together.
- By Michael S. Dorn
- 03/01/15
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
More than just pretty faces, walls and ceilings must be carefully designed in order to create functional, safe and efficient interiors.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Research shows that different kinds of light help students take tests, study, collaborate with others and relax.
- By Michael Fickes
- 02/01/15
Technology (Innovations for Education)
The Berklee College of Music's 160 Massachusetts Avenue recording education complex is designed for next-generation music pedagogy.
- By Beth Walters, John Storyk
- 02/01/15
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Lighting and controls technology change fast. Does that mean your school must constantly update its lighting master plans? Two experts discuss the options.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
The materials used for walls, ceilings and even furnishings have a considerable impact on classroom acoustics. Here’s what the experts say about it.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Near field communication, or NFC, makes smartphones into access cards, credit cards and other tools usually stored in wallets.
- By Michael Fickes
- 02/01/15
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Access control is the most critical aspect of any organization's safety strategy.
- By April Dalton-Noblitt
- 02/01/15
Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)
As technology reshapes the way we define instructional space, educators may be obliged to vacate comfort zones.
- By Mike Raible, Andrew LaRowe
- 02/01/15
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
While the flipped teaching model is old news in the humanities it finds new purpose in STEM subjects. But look out. This trendy pedagogy may require an overhaul of your classrooms, especially the large lecture hall.