Space needs, budget concerns and time crunches: Modular buildings can help solve all these problems.
University planners and donors often express a desire for facilities that do more than provide usable space. These design-intensive buildings can help the institution convey its unique vision of higher education.
Once I.D. cards simply identified students and faculty. Now they can improve security, assist in recordkeeping, pay for lunches and much more.
Here's a quick look at elements you must consider when planning your campus's technology infrastructure.
Although they seem rare, bomb threats and explosive devices, both hoaxes and real, are becoming an increasing concern on school campuses.
Although they seem rare, bomb threats and explosive devices, both hoaxes and real, are becoming an increasing concern on school campuses.
How safe is your school? It might be time for some modifications.
Reduce worries about injury, vandalism and break-ins with proper lighting.
The cabling installed in the new ACES Building at the University of Texas-Austin supports desktop applications that aren't even on the market yet.
New furniture and furnishings support new approaches to science instruction. One advantage is that as science labs become more flexible, the cost of furnishing has become proportionally less expensive.
Teaching methods are continually improving, technology has become an integral part of curriculum and issues of security have different effects on facility design.
The final decision about a roofing system should be made after considering factors like costs, life-cycle, the structure's design and even what is inside the building
Connectivity. Convergence. Educational promises fulfilled. Those are among the anticipated benefits that broadband will bring if the visionaries are right.
Need some professors? Climb out from under the reams of curriculum vitae and into the World Wide Web, as California State University-Channel Islands did with their online-only process.
Properly developed codes and accompanying procedures can help to maintain effective communications during a crisis.
As with any other aspect of educating youth, the human touch is important.
A new generation of more durable school-door hardware has
come to market over the past few years.
Cornell University is using old-fashioned lake water to cool 40 percent of the space in its central campus. Here's how.