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Maintaining the Campus Landscape

Maintaining the Campus Landscape

Whether it's mow and blow or a little more complicated, landscapes demand constant attention. Grounds professionals speak up about what it takes to stay in the green.

Visual Communication in Schools

Building Identity

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

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

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.

School Floors

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

Using floors as a way-finding method.

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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.

locking university doors

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

Evidence-Based Design Influences Interior Design

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

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

Guns On Campus?

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

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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.

Troubled Students

It Takes A Village

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

emergency management

What We Can Learn From Mikey Mouse

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

Bullying

Bullying

There may be help from afar.

residence hall design

There's No Place Like Home

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

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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.

Total Transformation

Total Transformation

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

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

CPTED

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

Plugged In to Learning

Technology is modernizing the traditional instructional environment. The modern college student arrives on campus with more than just a suitcase in tow. An array of gadgets will also be on hand, including a tablet computer, a smartphone, an MP3 player, perhaps a laptop.

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