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.
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="http://www.peterli.com/global/pdfs/CPMHousingReportMay2004.pdf">Click here</a> to get the
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>
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<strong>While recovery from a disaster is not something you can perfectly plan for, Hurricane Isabel's ability to produce high winds, knock out electricity and cause flooding offers disaster preparedness lessons for all campus administrators.
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<strong>As campuses change, lack of space and the blending of academic and nonacademic life are making multifunctional buildings more common. </strong>
With inside crime increasing, controls that worked so well before may not apply any longer.
<strong>Campus cards open doors to new applications -- and revenue -- for colleges and universities.</strong>
<strong>Carpet is piling high in our nation's landfills, and students are taking notice. What can you and your university do to reduce, reuse and recycle?</strong>
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<strong>Green roofs have long played an aesthetic role in college and university landscapes. Modern green roofs are adding functional benefits.</strong>
<strong>Disasters lead to more innovations in glass and window designs - even beyond what universities need today.</strong>
<strong>From being "green" to being clean, from campus planning to design/build trends, interior design, safety/security and more- here's what's ahead for colleges and universities as they make plans to finance and meet the ever-changing de