Higher Ed


University of South Carolina's Food Service: On the Road to Renovation

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.

A Feasibility Blueprint

This important paperwork can be tricky or simple, depending on your upfront preparation.

What's New With Campus Design?

The campus is feeling less and less institutional as administrators take their design cues from the corporate world.

Course Packs Go Digital

The course pack revolution that sent ripples through textbook publishing and college bookstore businesses is taking a turn into the digital world.

Green Wood for Residence Hall Furniture

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 Chief Academic Officer: A Transformational Model

The new model has placed more importance on the role of the CAO as a transformational leader.

Selling Group Relamping

There are many factors that play into the need for lamp replacement, lamp mortality being only one of several.

Making Fire Safety Technologies Safer on Campus

Through the years, fire safety technologies have proven their worth. Now the challenges are to eliminate tampering and to automate troubleshooting.

Recycling the Idea of Recycling

After flirting with recycling for 15 years, we have gained some knowledge on the subject

Much More Than Just Blackboards

There are still blackboards in many college and university classrooms, but you'll also find an array of technology to facilitate learning and presentations.

Musical Accompaniment

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.

Getting from Here to There

Today, getting in step with the Americans with Disabilities Act requires paying attention to the details before someone else does it for you.

Case Study: New Cogeneration Facility Taps Unused Landfill Gas

Saving money, helping the environment and providing electricity for the entire campus.

Starting on Sound Footing: Advice to Boards and New Presidents

The crucial first 100 days are often deemed a &#34make or break" time for a new president.

Presidential Perspective: Publics, Privates, Budgets and Culture

While they differ, public and private schools can learn from each other.

Higher Education Is on a Mission

When was the last time your reviewed your mission statement?

Network Security: The Next Generation

Network security directors have spent the last decade trying to keep up with hackers, viruses, worms and other threats to computer data security.

Technology Transforms a B-School: A Case Study

At The Wharton School, enhancing education with technology that's &#34pervasive and transparent" means teaching business management in a whole new way.

Putting the Right Roof Over Your Head

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.

Outsourcing: Not Just To Cut Costs Anymore

Colleges and universities look to outsourcing to redirect budgets, generate revenue, improve quality and become more competitive in attracting and retaining students.

Light and Color Goes to School

Don't underestimate the power of either light or color in any of your campus facilities.

Special Events

Special events have now been defined as &#34potentially hazardous events."

We Never Thought It Could Happen Here

How many tragedies will it take to arouse those who are still dangerously unaware?

More Security Technology On Campus

Campus crime, combined with limited security staffing budgets, is driving the nation's colleges and universities toward security technology.

Getting Ready for Fall

Summer is a busy time for residence hall personnel as they prepare for welcoming students in the fall.

Simple Solutions for Your Parking Problems

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.

2004 Campus Housing Report

Discover what the respondents of our online survey had to say about their campus residence halls — what the trends are now and what lies ahead. <a href=&#34http://www.peterli.com/global/pdfs/CPMHousingReportMay2004.pdf">Click here</a> to get the

Plugged In

Appliances take over student residence hall rooms.

Getting More, Better on Less

Looking for effective cost-cutting measures for your institution? Here are some suggestions as to where and how you can significantly reduce expenditures.

Rich Resources

Decisions, Data and the Universities as a Business

It would be hard to imagine a time when higher education has undergone such rapid and fundamental change as that which we now experience.

Universal Furniture

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.

Privatized Housing: More Than Just a Dorm

<strong>After freshman year, students want an upgrade in accommodations. Privatized housing can provide that and more.</strong>

Restrooms Clean Up Their Act

It doesn't have to be a dirty job anymore to keep restrooms at an above-acceptable level.

Sports Floors Go Green

Like many other products, the manufacturers of sports floors are promoting their products' &#34green" features in an effort to meet the marketplace's demand for sustainable products.

Storage Solutions: A Case Study

The University of Michigan found an efficient paperless document management solution that makes it easier to access and organize information.

Using Merit-Based Financial Aid to Positively Impact Enrollment

Editor's Note: Approximately 40 years ago, in 1976, John Maguire had defined &#34enrollment management" as a "process that brings together the often disparate functions having to do with recruiting, funding, tracking, retaining and replacing s

Winning the War Against Paper and Microfilm: New Storage Solutions

College and university administrators attempt to melt blizzards of paper and microfilm into electrons.

Dealing With a Leadership Change

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.

The Splashy New Student Union Furniture

<strong>Today's students want furniture that reminds them of home . . . but not their grandparents' house.</strong>

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