Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Harnessing novel Building Information Modeling methods for better campuses and facilities.
- By Christopher Alt
- 09/01/17
A new upstate New York arts center is fostering student and faculty collaboration among disciplines and raising achievement.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Student centers are often the heart of the campus community. They play a major role in student life, recruitment and retention, town/gown relationships, alumni support and more. The first impression they make should be a welcoming one.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
The Hotel at Oberlin stands to deliver support to Oberlin College's role as an epicenter of environmental awareness.
Technology (Innovations for Education)
In fact, it's already here. From building controls to wearable devices almost anything can — and will — be connected to the cloud. Is your campus ready?
Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)
Education professionals predict that, in five years, the majority of schools will have incorporated IoT into core functional areas. What is IoT, and how does it and will it relate to our educational facilities?
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
As years go by, school campuses can become tangled with fencing which no longer serves its original purpose. Improve the appearance of school grounds by removing outdated, unnecessary barriers.
- By Andrew LaRowe, Mike Raible
- 09/01/17
Architects are changing the way they design spaces to better match the way students learn.
- By Brandon Barrett
- 09/01/17
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
UW-Milwaukee's Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex illuminates the route from science building to social hub.
- By Mark Corey, David Black
- 07/01/17
The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI), in partnership with School Planning & Management and College Planning & Management magazines, held the first annual Healthy Facilities Award program. This special section highlights the standouts among the entries received.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Planning strategies to support future pedagogies
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
A bold vision for campus redesign is navigating old and new at Syracuse University.
- By Mary Anne Ocampo, Dennis Pieprz
- 07/01/17
The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI), in partnership with School Planning & Management and College Planning & Management magazines, held the first annual Healthy Facilities Award program. This special section highlights the standouts among the entries received.
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
From loading docks to libraries, evaluating space and leveraging resources is essential to good planning — and to unlocking value on campus.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Active planning of facilities is critical for all school districts, no matter the size.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Meeting the growing challenge of security in K-12 schools.
Green Purchasing
The concept of green procurement has been around for nearly two decades. Are colleges and universities on board?
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
From a heritage building to daily-use venue for alumni, faculty and students, an iconic mansion undergoes historic restoration for new life as an alumni center.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Parking problems have grown at schools along with the size of cars and increased traffic. Here's how experts suggest dealing with these new needs.
- By Michael Fickes
- 07/01/17
Technology (Innovations for Education)
Technology is transforming parking, adding cost-saving efficiencies and sustainability to a campus necessity.
Safety & Security (Prepare and Be Aware)
Today's integrated fire detection, alarm and sprinkler systems are being designed into facilities as an integral part of improved occupant safety.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
How place influences design.
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
The University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology are collaborating to spur light and sound innovation.
- By David Munson, Joel Seligman
- 07/01/17
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Take a look at the next big thing in college and university classroom design: walls you can write on and push around.
- By Michael Fickes
- 06/01/17
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Here are two examples of public-private partnerships that suggest it might be the best approach if you’re ready to add or replace campus housing.
Safety & Security
Architecture firm’s proposed design makes progressive school more secure.
- By Robin Whitehurst, Damon Luke Wilson
- 06/01/17
The Safe and Secure Campus
The capabilities of and uses for drones are growing at a rapid pace. How can they be used for campus safety...and should they?
- By Brandon Barrett
- 06/01/17
The Safe and Secure Campus
Does your options-based active shooter training approach meet standards of care?
- By Michael S. Dorn
- 06/01/17
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Sidney High School also betters its energy efficiency.
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Today's educational trends require sound acoustical design.
- By Mark Lee, Lisa Sawin
- 06/01/17
Business
Collaboration is the art and science of combining people's talents, skills, and knowledge to achieve a common goal.
- By Mike Raible, Andrew LaRowe
- 06/01/17
Facilities (Campus Spaces)
Microgrids offer college campuses energy independence, resiliency and lower power bills. Are you ready to take your school off the grid?
Safety & Security
How Building Design Concepts and Smart Security Technology Can Help.
- By Michael S. Dorn
- 06/01/17
Business (Managing Higher Ed)
What are your options when outsourcing doesn't work as planned or intended?
"Traditional" campus spaces — such as performing and visual arts spaces and libraries — are undergoing transformational design updates, evolving into multifunctional, technology-rich, vibrant spaces.
Business (Managing K-12 Education)
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.
- By Eric Berkheimer, Lan Ying Ip
- 05/01/17
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
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.
Technology (Innovations for Education)
California State University Fresno's School of Education has created technology-enabled classrooms that promote next-generation learning for the next generation of teachers.
- By Otto Benavides
- 05/01/17
Technology (Enhancing + Engaging + Connecting)
Technology is reinventing K-12 teaching and learning.
- By Michael Fickes
- 05/01/17