Higher Education


Articles

  • Surging Demand for Student Housing Fuels Major Campus Investment Opportunities

    University leaders throughout the U.S. are accelerating plans to modernize and expand student housing as enrollment stabilizes and demand for on-campus living rebounds. Recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that total postsecondary enrollment is projected to grow through the end of the decade, with undergraduate enrollment alone expected to increase by more than 8 percent by 2030.

  • Chartwells Launches Campus Dining Evaluation Framework

    Contract food-service management provider Chartwells Higher Education recently announced the launch of BLUEPRINT, according to a news release. The evaluation framework was designed to provide a data-driven and customizable roadmap towards optimizing campus dining services and, by extension, the student experience.

  • Harvard Announces Replacement Facility for Native American Program

    Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., recently announced that construction will begin this spring on a new home for its Native American Program, according to university news. The 6,500-square-foot, all-electric building will stand three stories and serve as the central hub for the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP).

  • How Will AI Transform Learning Space Design?

    For years, higher education has designed learning spaces around technology as a tool for display, capture, collaboration, and connectivity. AI changes that equation.


Podcasts

  • Don't Get on a Highway Without Exits

    This episode's guests are Timothy Nyblom, Director of End User Business Development for Higher Education with HID Global, and Jeremy Fromm, Mercury Security Evangelist, with Mercury Security. They're here to talk about building access control in K–12 and higher education institutions.

  • Everybody Wins with Mobile ID Card Issuance

    This episode's guest is Tim Nyblom, the Director of End User Business Development in Higher Education for HID Global. Today, we'll be talking about mobile ID card issuance on higher-education campuses and the process of transition from physical to electronic student IDs.

  • Furnishing the Future: Adaptive Solutions for Modern Learning Spaces

    On this episode of Schools in Focus, we'll talk about the role that classroom furniture plays in creating adaptive, flexible learning spaces. Our guest is Wesley Edmonds, the Director of Workplace, Adaptive Solutions at OFS.


Webcasts

  • Successful Student-Centered Spaces

    Learn about the qualities of successful student-centered spaces, as well as explore design challenges and opportunities using case studies of three different projects.

  • Trends in Community Commons Areas

    Join us to see examples of ways to rethink your community commons by creating a unified and centralized social space for students.


Whitepapers

  • Adaptive Higher Ed: Flexible Spaces Transform Texas A&M Library

    Learn more about a hybrid education space that enables active learning and collaboration in this case study.

  • Free COVID-19 Sign Kit

    COVID-19 is threatening the health and well-being of students and teachers all across the United States. Schools are finally getting back to learning and students, and teachers are coming back into close contact with each other increasing the risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19 in schools.

  • COVID-19 Back to Learning Guides

    Schools and Universities are finally getting back to learning and students and teachers are coming into close contact with each other increasing the risk of spreading covid-19 as well as the need to shut down schools. These FREE guides can help students and teachers stay healthy this school year.