Features


Visual Communication in Schools

Facilities (Learning Spaces)

Building Identity

Art can proclaim a building's identity while promoting educational goals.

Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)

Complying With the Clery Act

Resources are available to assist institutions to efficiently and effectively fulfill requirements of the Jeanne Clery Act.

Show Me the Way to Go

Facilities (Campus Spaces)

Show Me the Way to Go

Integrating the right signage into your campus can aid in building identity and marketing for use in the wider community.

improving school restrooms

Flushed: With Respect For Restrooms

Articles about improving school restrooms too often miss one big point.

Building Information Modeling

Building Information Modeling's (BIM)

Something called Building Information Modeling offers a new and better way to manage maintenance.

School Security Assessment

Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)

Security Assessments: Truly Reducing the Risks

Keys to effective and practical school security assessments.

Cost Effective Maintenance

Be Mindful of Maintenance

Cost-effective and efficient maintenance and housekeeping operations begin at the programming and design stages of residence hall construction projects.

School Floors

It's Not the Destination, It's the Journey.

Using floors as a way-finding method.

locking university doors

The Safer Campus

Locking the Doors

Finding the best solution for securing college and university doors is a challenge for security professionals.

Evidence-Based Design Influences Interior Design

Facilities (Learning Spaces)

Evidence-Based Design Influences Interior Design

How do architects and designers know that they're creating schools with interiors that positively affect student performance?

Troubled Students

Business (Managing Higher Ed)

It Takes A Village

More college and universities are finding success in using campus teams to manage troubled students.

emergency management

The Safer Campus

What We Can Learn From Mikey Mouse

Leveraging Disney's organizational behavior for emergency management at colleges and universities.

Total Transformation

Facilities (Learning Spaces)

Total Transformation

Turning a 60-year-old high school into a 21st-Century learning environment.

Renovation vs Historic Preservation

Renovation vs. Historic Preservation

A sensible balance must be found when deciding how to renovate and repurpose historic campus structures to meet today’s programming needs.

Guns On Campus

The Safer Campus

Guns On Campus?

Will giving students permission to carry guns on campus make college life safer? Opinions differ.

sustainability in restroom and locker room renovations

Facilities (Campus Spaces)

Satisfaction in the Restroom (and Locker Room)

Here's how two campuses are satisfying administrators by saving money and satisfying students by increasing sustainability in their restroom and locker room renovations.

Bullying

Bullying

There may be help from afar.

residence hall design

Facilities (Campus Spaces)

There's No Place Like Home

A trend in residence hall design, amenities, decor and furnishings is transforming dormitories into fashionable, stylish living spaces.

What

Facilities (Building Information Modeling)

What's New in Restrooms and Locker Rooms

Hygiene and vandalism resistance rank as key concerns in today’s more collaborative K-12 restroom and locker room designs.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

The Safer Campus

CPTED

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design offers design choices that can enhance safety and security.

Disaster Preparedness

Safe & Secure Schools

Disaster Preparedness

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