While talking with several colleagues over the last few months about roles and responsibilities during emergencies, it was evident that some campuses struggle to clearly define senior management roles during large-scale events.
For the last several weeks, the focus of work and concern in Washington, D. C., has been the passage of the fiscal year 2011 federal budget and the threat of a Federal government shutdown. With their backs against the wall, congressional leadership and Pr
For the last several weeks, the focus of work and concern in Washington, D. C., has been the passage of the fiscal year 2011 federal budget and the threat of a Federal government shutdown. With their backs against the wall, congressional leadership and Pr
Messiah College's environmental sustainability efforts affect nearly all aspects of daily life at the College. Day to day, most students and employees probably don't think twice about all the recycling bins or that the vegetables in their salad
Wofford College earns LEED Platinum for an historic mill building's adapted reuse for environmental studies field station. Achieving accurate historic preservation can be challenging enough, but achieving LEED certification makes this building an equ
Conventional laboratory buildings consume up to ten times the energy of typical buildings due to their specialized HVAC requirements, and older lab buildings were particularly energy inefficient. How does a university upgrade these laboratories to current
Georgetown University's Solid Waste and Recycling manager has several important goals: to bring sustainability leadership to the management of waste and recycling, to do so in a highly efficient and cost-effective way, and keep to the historic campus look
Despite the rapid escalation of the number of electronic appliances and gadgets in use, the amount of energy used by these plugged-in appliances is often overlooked in energy efficiency plans. While the energy use of each individual appliance may be relat
Experience teaches that an emergency response plan can save lives if disaster comes. But, emergency response planning takes time and resources that can be difficult to marshal today, especially when you know that nothing bad is likely to happen tomorrow.
What may have been impossible five to 10 years ago is very possible today due to the advancements in sustainable technologies and the continuing decrease in costs for these systems. With the coupling of energy reduction principles such as geothermal, alon
Public education in the United States is under attack, and not just from one side or another; it's from politicians of all stripes who see education as a pot of money that they do not (yet) control.
What is the classroom of the future? It's flexible in furniture and format. It's loaded with technology that assists the learning process. It's an extension of the outdoors. It's a community space. It's designed for independent or
While multitasking/multipurpose spaces have always been a part of K12 facilities, they are becoming more and more prevalent in higher education settings. Flexible audio/visual systems allow large rooms to successfully host a variety of events from s
The community school movement certainly favors conventional community school notions, but it goes far beyond convention. This movement envisions schools as hubs for a long list of community services designed not only to improve the education offered by th
The right building system choice can save a college or university a significant amount of time and money. The wrong system can suck up funds, energy, and man-hours. Here, we take a look at some of the current trends in building systems.
Intentionally Christian, purposefully urban, and purposefully multicultural, North Park University in Chicago anticipates more enrollment growth in the future. While a diverse, urban campus have helped the University, a restructuring of tuition and financ
In school parlance, demographic studies essentially mean projecting the number of students likely to be enrolled in the district and individual schools next year and over a period of five to 10 years. The simplest and most effective way to do that is call
Something hard for a baby boomer to use is easy for the young digital natives that are in school trying to learn how to think and reason their way out of a project. What works for a person or a small group of people in an intimate setting on the park benc
The key to risk management is heightened awareness. If schools take the time to educate faculty about updates in technology, such as Ultrasurf, potential problems can be minimized. The time is now, as the worst can be avoided by informing teachers before
It is not a focus on standardization that will make our students succeed. It is cultivating their individuality, their creativity and their ability to look at things differently. Just knowing what everybody else knows will not cut it in today's world
From meetings and discussions with community college leaders nationwide these themes of opportunity and challenge are consistent: changing perception, providing accessibility, raising the bar, making education affordable, designing spaces so that communit