The old-style student cafeteria is on its way out. Here's how one university updated its facilities to create a more tasteful, inviting space.
This important paperwork can be tricky or simple, depending on your upfront preparation.
The campus is feeling less and less institutional as administrators take their design cues from the corporate world.
The course pack revolution that sent ripples through textbook publishing and college bookstore businesses is taking a turn into the digital world.
While furniture choices for residence halls continue to focus largely on price and durability, administrators are beginning to add environmental friendliness to their criteria.
The new model has placed more importance on the role of the CAO as a transformational leader.
There are many factors that play into the need for lamp replacement, lamp mortality being only one of several.
Through the years, fire safety technologies have proven their worth. Now the challenges are to eliminate tampering and to automate troubleshooting.
After flirting with recycling for 15 years, we have gained some knowledge on the subject
There are still blackboards in many college and university classrooms, but you'll also find an array of technology to facilitate learning and presentations.
It takes more than practice for your performing arts students to present their best work. How you build the space around them can make or break an enrollment.
Today, getting in step with the Americans with Disabilities Act requires paying attention to the details before someone else does it for you.
Saving money, helping the environment and providing electricity for the entire campus.
The crucial first 100 days are often deemed a "make or break" time for a new president.
While they differ, public and private schools can learn from each other.
When was the last time your reviewed your mission statement?
Network security directors have spent the last decade trying to keep up with hackers, viruses, worms and other threats to computer data security.
At The Wharton School, enhancing education with technology that's "pervasive and transparent" means teaching business management in a whole new way.
Out of sight, out of mind has been the rule for most college campus roofs over the decades. Lifecycle costing is what administrators should know about.
Colleges and universities look to outsourcing to redirect budgets, generate revenue, improve quality and become more competitive in attracting and retaining students.
Don't underestimate the power of either light or color in any of your campus facilities.
Special events have now been defined as "potentially hazardous events."
How many tragedies will it take to arouse those who are still dangerously unaware?
Campus crime, combined with limited security staffing budgets, is driving the nation's colleges and universities toward security technology.
Summer is a busy time for residence hall personnel as they prepare for welcoming students in the fall.
Experts agree that, when it comes to on-campus parking, there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach. Here are some solutions that can be tailored to your campus' needs.
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Appliances take over student residence hall rooms.
Looking for effective cost-cutting measures for your institution? Here are some suggestions as to where and how you can significantly reduce expenditures.
It would be hard to imagine a time when higher education has undergone such rapid and fundamental change as that which we now experience.
Does your campus furniture accommodate everyone on campus - including disabled students? If you're not sure, don't sweat. A few affordable tweaks can make all the difference.
<strong>After freshman year, students want an upgrade in accommodations. Privatized housing can provide that and more.</strong>
It doesn't have to be a dirty job anymore to keep restrooms at an above-acceptable level.
Like many other products, the manufacturers of sports floors are promoting their products' "green" features in an effort to meet the marketplace's demand for sustainable products.
The University of Michigan found an efficient paperless document management solution that makes it easier to access and organize information.
Editor's Note: Approximately 40 years ago, in 1976, John Maguire had defined "enrollment management" as a "process that brings together the often disparate functions having to do with recruiting, funding, tracking, retaining and replacing s
College and university administrators attempt to melt blizzards of paper and microfilm into electrons.
When a president announces that he or she is leaving, an institution is forced into a transition period. The good news is that this transition can be a time of growth and redefinition.
<strong>Today's students want furniture that reminds them of home . . . but not their grandparents' house.</strong>