Innovative programs and a concerted effort by many colleges and universities are increasing enrollment of women in STEM programs and helping them to navigate careers in traditionally male-dominated jobs.
- By Stephen Ceasar
- 10/01/18
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Traditionally seen as venues for sporting events, workouts, and team practices, campus sports and recreation buildings are taking on an exciting new mission.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Envelopes have long since evolved from a means to just keep outside out and inside in. Systems are advancing with, among other things, sophisticated air and vapor barriers, airtight interiors, increasingly efficient windows, and exceedingly insulated roofs.
The Safe and Secure Campus
When the conversation moves from how to secure buildings and expands to securing entire campuses, attention to environmental design can help with answers.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Urban-based institutions are often limited in the size of their campus footprint. Initiatives and installations at these urban campuses are optimizing outdoor spaces to maximize wayfinding, safety, and aesthetics.
Safe and Secure Schools
Make sure to check credentials, qualifications of third-party contractors, staff.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
With a little planning, outdoor spaces can be transformed into things of beauty that students want to use.
Safe and Secure Schools
Safe and Secure Schools
For one elementary school principal, reorganizing the end of the school day has made life less chaotic for teachers, students, and parents.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Sports facilities in schools and universities are incorporating new design trends to drive more fans from their homes to the stadium. With rapid advances in technology, sports facility designers feel that in stadium venues, technology is reshaping fan experience.
- By Sarat Pratapchandran
- 09/01/18
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Diverse, innovative materials are available for the building envelope, adding impactful visual interest as well as energy efficiency to campus facilities.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
- By Andrew LaRowe, Mike Raible
- 07/01/18
Business
Colleges and universities can improve facilities management and maximize budget efficiency through comprehensive, campus-wide assessments.
- By Kyle Christiansen
- 07/01/18
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Personalized prefab is here. Really. Are you willing to try it?
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
How to make healthier cleaning work in educational facilities.
- By Allen P. Rathey
- 07/01/18
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Unprecedented pressure heightens the importance of effective interaction between colleges and the cities they inhabit.
- By Micah Lipscomb, Sumegha Shah, Brenda Smith
- 07/01/18
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Here's a look at the technology with which the well-dressed police officer—and the officer's car—are equipped, to ensure the best possible outcomes when policing campus.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Today's world can be a dangerous for students, teachers and administrators. Here are some thoughts about preparing for the worst.
- By Michael Fickes
- 07/01/18
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Often before a new building goes up, an old building must come down. These are the steps to a systematic, sustainable approach to demolition.
- By Stephen P. Ashkin
- 07/01/18
Business (Managing K-12 Education)
In this article, we explore lifecycle costs and vital factors to consider in order to make the most cost-effective choices for your facilities.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Campus administrative and office areas have requirements for flooring that differ from academic, residence hall, athletics, and other facilities. Here's what to consider for these working spaces.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Creating learning environments that positively impact students.
- By Angie Stutsman
- 06/01/18
An alternative to new construction, renovation.
Creative adaptive reuse and retrofit projects are resulting in unique spaces for student living and learning.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Meeting cleaning expectations on campus involves various factors, from personnel to products and even artificial intelligence.
- By Robert Kravitz
- 06/01/18
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Walls and ceilings have evolved from flat white panels into attractive interior
design elements that contribute to educational quality.
- By Michael Fickes
- 06/01/18
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Carpet, tile, rubber, and hardwood? All have their benefits.
- By Sarat Pratapchandran
- 06/01/18
The evolution of academic spaces on campus continues to transform interiors into areas that are interactive, tech-enabled, and adaptable to a variety of uses for collaborative engagement.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
How do you make inroads into a seemingly insurmountable deferred maintenance backlog?
In recent years, more research has come to light in support of the impact that facility design has on student performance. These studies reveal clear evidence that the physical characteristics of a classroom impact learning, and furthermore, that a link exists between well-designed school facilities and increased academic achievement.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
College campuses need to secure lots of doors, today. Security departments are turning to electronic locks to secure those doors.
- By Michael Fickes
- 05/01/18
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Even the most thoughtfully designed and perfectly installed access control strategies can often easily be compromised by staff who do not do their part to support them. While staff development is called for, making access control a reality in deed as well as word is must be a leadership priority.
- By Michael S. Dorn
- 05/01/18
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
An outdoor furniture installation on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the result of a desire to increase the use of campus spaces...and a helping hand from a coalition intended to strengthen community.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
With limited resources in school districts burdened with leaky roofs and worn out heating equipment, how can facility managers prioritize?
- By Mike Raible, Andrew LaRowe
- 05/01/18
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
After years inside classrooms, educators are rediscovering the learning benefits provided by the great outdoors. There are outdoor educational opportunities in engineering, math, science—all of the basic subjects.
- By Michael Fickes
- 05/01/18
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Outside of the political arena, school planners, architects and engineers probably have the best chance of solving gender-neutral and other associated issues behind the doors of school restrooms.
- By Andrew LaRowe, Mike Raible
- 04/01/18
Housing Survey
CP&M recently surveyed college and university housing administrators to find out what issues concern them in their daily operations. Here is what they told us.
- By Shannon O'Connor
- 04/01/18
Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)
Technology has become an integral part of K-12 classrooms. Here are some examples of how districts across the country use technology—both software and hardware—to create authentic learning experiences for students.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Foodservice facilities have specific needs. Here are some things to think about when it comes to one of those needs: healthy indoor air quality.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Maintaining emergency communication systems inside and outside of buildings across campus is a matter of putting safety first.
- By Michael Fickes
- 04/01/18