Higher Ed


Lighting design for educational facilities

Bright Ideas

Lighting design for educational facilities can impact student achievement. A careful balance of natural and artificial lighting is optimal for spaces where learning takes place.

Obama's Last Education Budget Proposal: Building a Legacy

In the last year of a two-term presidency, the sitting president proposes his last budget for the upcoming fiscal year. President Obama announced his last proposed budget on Tuesday, February 8, 2016.

2017 Education Budget Request

On February 9, 2016 President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2017 Budget. The President's budget request for FY 2017 includes $69.4 billion in discretionary funding, an increase of a 2 percent ($1.3 billion) over the 2016 appropriation.

Addressing Threats of Violence

Have plans in place to handle anonymous threats to your campus.

Monitoring and Management Systems

Evaluate and budget for effective incident management systems.

Things I've Learned 2015

Reflections on planning, communication, attentiveness and remembering what matters.

Campus Carbon Emissions

A new report shows progress has been made on reducing emissions.

Digital Signage

Reaching and Engaging Students with Digital Signage

Planning and flexibility are key when developing digital resources for informing your campus population of news, opportunities and events.

Washington College of Law complex

Building a New Tradition

American University's new Washington College of Law complex consists of a dramatic collection of spaces centered on a great atrium that unifies a series of interconnected buildings.

Learning Environments and Technology

21st-Century Learning Environments

Balancing pedagogy, technology and space is key to creating innovative learning facilities.

Problem Solved?

College Fundraising at a Crossroads

How can today’s colleges and universities best support what they do and raise the funds to make it possible?