A View of the Changing Campus:

How Learning Environments Can Support Changes in Higher Education

The leaders of universities and colleges in the U.S. are discovering that image is critical in attracting and retaining students. They are beginning to see the campus environment as a strategic tool they can use to compete and differentiate. This realization comes against the backdrop of changing patterns of behavior, learning, and instruction; increasing competition for students and faculty; and aging facilities. In order to support a new learning paradigm, one in which an institution produces learning with every student by whatever means work best, learning environments must be adaptable and flexible. The challenge in designing, planning, and furnishing these spaces becomes to support multiple uses and different types of learning activities.
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Creating a Culture of Sustainability:

How Campuses Are Taking the Lead 

The influences of sustainability efforts, large or small, can change a student's educational experience, a staff or faculty member's commitment to the college, and a community's awareness of its ecological responsibility. Sustainability initiatives seen on college and university campuses throughout the country are influencing curriculum decisions, operations budgets, facility plans, and campus culture. Students, faculty, and staff are leading the efforts. They often find it to be difficult work, requiring the kind of campus-wide coordination and cooperation that's often absent from the organizational structure of higher education institutions. Yet while the approaches and participants vary, all share a common motivation--to do the right thing.
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Learning:

Environments for Learning

"The Learning Organization is a term currently in vogue. It is, however, less than obvious what it means, except that clearly it is a good thing to strive to be."
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