Higher Education


Articles

  • Deferred Maintenance Issues Growing at Universities, Gordian Reports

    U.S. colleges and universities are falling increasingly behind on facilities maintenance and repair, according to Gordian’s 13th annual State of Facilities in Higher Education report. The deferred capital renewal burden has reached $156 per gross square foot, an 8% increase over the previous year.

  • From Concrete Warehouse to Innovation Hub: Accelerating Sustainability at Stanford

    The transformation of a once windowless, concrete publishing warehouse into a sun-drenched center for global innovation began with a single, fundamental challenge: how to turn an industrial storage shell into a space built for human connection.

  • Spaces4Learning Launches 2026 New Product Awards

    Spaces4Learning is happy to announce that we’re now accepting entries for the 2026 New Product Awards! The awards program recognizes the outstanding product development achievements of manufacturers and suppliers whose products or services are considered particularly noteworthy.

  • 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.


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.