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Long-Term Planning and Institutional Stewardship

Master planning for the ongoing stewardship of your campus helps to create a valuable, efficient, and timeless sense of place.

The Building Envelope

Designs and materials open up some new dimensions in green architecture for schools.

Pushing the Envelope

A thin skin — your building's envelope — separates outside from in. How can you avoid common pitfalls in its design, even when the climate is extreme?

More Than Music to Their Ears

Have you heard the one about colleges using iPods as a teaching tool? Better listen in, because students certainly are.

Distractions With Legs

Don't let pests be part of the“in crowd;” keep them out with proper facility maintenance.

Technology for Productivity

At this middle school, technology enhances and assists in the learning process to create a highly motivating atmosphere.

More Sticker Shock

School construction cost increases slowed in 2006, but analysts predict a return to sticker shock.

Communication Systems

How should school administrators and staff communicate with the outside world in a time of emergency?

Is Precast Concrete Right for Your Next Construction Project?

Precast concrete construction offers so many benefits that campus administrators cannot afford to not educate themselves about it.

Pragmatic Performance Venues

Performing arts facilities can have capabilities ranging from the basic multipurpose school venues to some that rival the most sophisticated commercial theaters.

Dynamic Web Content Management

Specialized software applications called <em>Content Management Systems</em> (CMSs) facilitate the development, storage, and publication of Web content.

Modular Construction

Much-Needed High School Built on Navajo Reservation in Eight Months

Final Thought: School Districts Have Learning Problem

So much for concern about the evidence of &#34detrimental effects of large high school size."

Have Phone Will Travel

Cell phones are here whether students and staff bring their own or you provide them. What's the latest word on the wireless chat?

Prepared for the Worst

College and university officials know they can't just hope for the best should a pandemic attack sweep the country. But that doesn't mean every plan is a good one.

Preparing for a Pandemic

How can school administrators prepare for a pandemic? Here are some steps to begin the process.

Contract Operations & Environmental Stewardship: New On-Campus Applications for a Time-Tested Concept

Rising to the challenge to improve service while managing costs, campus administrators are increasingly outsourcing non-educational functions to private-sector consultants.

This Dome Performs Like a Star

A tough-as-nails monolithic dome graces North Texas Central College's FSB Center, a performing arts venue enhanced by the dome's unique features.

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