Here are success stories and insights as to what makes for a successful transportation program.
Creating a culture of fire safety and survivability.
It's hard to overstate the importance of effective campus lighting. At institutions of all types and sizes, lighting is a key consideration.
Schools need to be innovative with staff and time to use technology effectively.
Adaptive technologies help students with disabilities fully engage in campus life.
Tips on keeping the actions and message of fire prevention and safety in the forefront of campus communications.
Today's options for building exteriors vary widely from traditional brick. An expanded palette of materials offers vivid color and texture choices to architects and designers.
Integrating Crime prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) concepts into master planning and design is one demonstrated way to create an overall safe campus.
A variety of technology options are ensuring that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students receive the best training and real-world experience before embarking on their careers.
...out of mind. That's what most people -- facility managers included -- think about their roofs, until there’s a problem. Informed choices and diligent maintenance could extend the usefulness of one of your school's biggest assets. Can you stretch the life your roof 20 years or beyond?
What's new in building products and materials?
Sustainable, teachable roofs are beginning to replace asphalt and black membrane roofs.
Basic approach looks like natural surveillance.
Using technology in a way that is advantageous to the students and teachers.
Higher education is being reshaped by technology. A growing number of digital learning institutes are emerging on campuses across the country, and both students and instructors are adjusting to the new ways of teaching and learning they offer.
Enabling BYOD and other mobile strategies.
Manchester, Conn.'s school consolidation plan shows where facilities, student achievement and state reimbursements intersect.
Cooperative purchasing allows districts and schools to stretch their limited dollars. Here's how.
Don't believe there is strength in numbers? Then you don't know about purchasing cooperatives. These purchasing powerhouses save time, money and headaches. Are they right for your school?
When it comes to protecting campus assets, it really shouldn't... "It" being maintenance. The deferred maintenance conundrum is unfortunately still alive and well across the country.
In an emergency, flawless communication saves lives.