Planning News & Resources

Seven Groups Qualify for 50-Year Ohio State Parking Concessioning RFQ

Mon May 14 08:35:07 -0400 2012

This is an exciting and seemingly radical initiative. The planning and decision making is going on right now. And at SCUP–47, you can learn about the issues from those guiding the process. Here’s their abstract:

The Ohio State University is deciding whether to concession parking garages and surface lots to an investment group for the next 50 years. The outcome of transferring the control of over 35,000 parking spaces not only affects the campus community with regard to customer service and rates, it also has significant implications for campus planning. Parking lots and garages are typically "land banks" for academic building expansion or renewed green space. What are the issues when this land changes hands for 50 years?

The session, Concessioning University Parking for 50 Years: Implications for Campus Planning, will be presented at SCUP–47 by Sarah Blouch, Executive Director, Transportation & Parking, Ohio State University-Main Campus; as well as Barbara J. Chance, President and Chief Executive Officer, andRobert Furniss, Senior Operations Consultant, each of CHANCE Management Advisors, Inc

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A New Resource Allocation Model: Development, Implementation, and the Politics of Change

Mon May 14 08:33:34 -0400 2012

In 2009, the University of Saskatchewan began developing and implementing a new, activity-based resource allocation process to replace the traditional, historic-based process. This work resulted in the Transparent, Activity-Based Budgeting System (TABBS), a model that aligns college and unit budgets with activities in a more transparent, comprehensive, and systematic way; links budgets to cycles of integrated planning; ensures resources are put behind strategic priorities; and places responsibility for budgets at the appropriate college/unit and university levels.

Brett Fairbairn, Provost & Vice President, Academic and Pauline M. Melis, Assistant Provost, Institutional Planning & Assessment, University of Saskatchewan will share their intimate knowledge of this change process at 3:30 pm, Tuesday, July 20 in Chicago. To get you ready to maximize this SCUP–47 session, here are links to:

TABBS Fact Sheet (PDF)
Critical Design Features of Responsibility Centres (PDF)
TABBS FAQ (PDF)

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Building for the Needs of an Information-Based Economy

Mon May 14 08:32:05 -0400 2012

In this article from the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Mike Sheridan looks at the changing types of workspaces being demanded by knowledge-economy businesses. These aren't your parents' cubicle-filled steel and glass boxes.

Sheridan explores the impacts of the emerging information-based economy on everything from the design of multifamily housing to corporate campuses.

"Not only are high-tech companies looking for unusual spaces that are reflective of their corporate culture, but firms in the knowledge sector are also reviving inner-city neighborhoods, spearheading the drive for sustainability, and even changing the way some new buildings are designed."

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IGEN—The Illinois Green Economy Network: A Community College Alliance

Mon May 14 08:30:36 -0400 2012

IGEN is an exemplary community college network. With the rapid emergence of green building innovations, the higher education sector must meet new demands to maintain a highly skilled and competitive workforce, both within their staff and in the delivery of relevant training for students. The Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN) facilitates collaboration among Illinois community colleges and their partners to identify and implement sustainability projects and share best practices. Discover how this statewide initiative, led by Illinois community college presidents, is transforming planning, education, and the economy.

View IGEN’s website; learn more about the insider information you’ll learn when you attend IGEN—A Collaboration Model Transforming Planning, Education, and the Economy on Monday, July 9 at 3 pm, during SCUP–47 in Chicago It is presented by Edward Choklek, Director, Business Development, FGM Architects Inc.; Julie Elzanati, Executive Director, Illinois Green Economy Network, Heartland Community College; Raymond Rieck, Vice President of Business Services, Lake Land College; Jerry Weber, President, College of Lake County; Robert D. Widmer, Vice President of Business Services, Heartland Community College.

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Application Date Monday, May 21—2012 AIA Education Research Scholarship

Mon May 14 08:28:57 -0400 2012

Do you know an emerging leader working in the education field who would like a summer grant to conduct research in learning space?

The AIA Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) asks one selected emerging professional to conduct research on learning environments for comparison and analysis. The Scholar will spend their summer conducting comprehensive professional research on Architecture for Education case study projects. The Scholar will have their completed work published on AIA websites. The Scholar will be funded for their research and work in full equivalent to a 12 week summer architectural internship at $7,000.

The scholarship application is open to all emerging professionals defined as: Undergraduate and graduate students in NAAB-accredited architecture programs, architectural interns active pursuing licensure, and young architects (architects with 10 years or less of licensure). Questions? Contact CAE@aia.org.

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The Hideo Sasaki Foundation and SCUP will be announcing the first year of a research prize at SCUP-47. Updates coming soon.

Prioritizing Administrative Programs and Activities - Bob Dickeson and Larry Goldstein

Mon May 14 08:26:20 -0400 2012

Dickeson is well known as the author of Prioritizing Academic Programs and Services; Goldstein as the author of College and University Budgeting: An Introduction for Faculty and Administrators. At SCUP–47 Dickeson and Goldstein are presenting separately.

On May 23 they are presenting the SCUP online program, Prioritizing Administrative Programs and Activities, drawing from elements of Dickeson’s book, The program will be highly interactive, with questions via text or live call-in throughout the program. Register now, This webinar will focus entirely on ways and tools to help you think about and effectively manage the prioritization of administrative programs. This includes all non-classroom and non-lab activities. This program is a time- and cost-effective way to share this knowledge with your team members.

Related SCUP Member Bonus: SCUP members can download for free, as a member benefit (others can purchase), SCUP’s October 2011 book, Integrated Resource and Budget Planning at Colleges and Universities, in several digital reading formats.

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Did Anyone Ask the Students? Parts 1 & 2

Mon May 14 08:24:37 -0400 2012

Quote of the Week

“Do you actually believe in this stuff?” one of my colleagues at The Chronicle asked me last week.

The stuff he was referring to were the disruptive innovations that are supposed to revolutionize how higher ed is delivered in this country, a topic I’ve been writing a lot about lately.

-The Chronicle of Higher Education editorial director Jeff Selingo in the first of a two-part blog post about “disruption” and his recent conversations with real students, Did Anyone Ask the Students? Here’s Part 2.

If this topic interests you, you won’t want to miss Fast Company writer and voice for the students Anya Kamenetz when she speaks to the society in plenary session on Monday morning, July 9 at SCUP–47 in Chicago.

SCUP Email News for May 14, 2012 v25n20

Mon May 14 08:23:12 -0400 2012

This Week and Next at SCUP:

May 16: Event: SCUP 2012 Southern One-Day Symposium, "Projects for Student Affairs That Pay for Themselves," Charlotte, NC.
May 23: Event: Online Program, Prioritizing Administrative Programs and Activities, 2:00 PM Eastern.

Quote of the Week

“Do you actually believe in this stuff?” one of my colleagues at The Chronicle asked me last week.
The stuff he was referring to were the disruptive innovations that are supposed to revolutionize how higher ed is delivered in this country, a topic I’ve been writing a lot about lately.

This Week's Scan of Higher Ed News & Resources

Prioritizing Administrative Programs and Activities: Bob Dickeson and Larry Goldstein

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Application Date Monday, May 21—2012 AIA Education Research Scholarship

Do you know an emerging leader working in the education field who would like a summer grant to conduct research in learning space?

The AIA Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) asks one selected emerging professional to conduct research on learning environments for comparison and analysis. The Scholar will spend their summer conducting comprehensive professional research on Architecture for Education case study projects. The Scholar will have their completed work published on AIA websites. The Scholar will be funded for their research and work in full equivalent to a 12 week summer architectural internship at $7,000.
The scholarship application is open to all emerging professionals defined as:

Undergraduate and graduate students in NAAB-accredited architecture programs,

architectural interns active pursuing licensure, and young architects (architects with 10 years or less of licensure). Questions? Contact CAE@aia.org.

The Hideo Sasaki Foundation and SCUP will be announcing the first year of a research prize at SCUP-47. Updates coming soon.

IGEN—The Illinois Green Economy Network: A Community College Alliance

IGEN is an exemplary community college network. With the rapid emergence of green building innovations, the higher education sector must meet new demands to maintain a highly skilled and competitive workforce, both within their staff and in the delivery of relevant training for students. The Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN) facilitates collaboration among Illinois community colleges and their partners to identify and implement sustainability projects and share best practices. Discover how this statewide initiative, led by Illinois community college presidents, is transforming planning, education, and the economy.

Building for the Needs of an Information-Based Economy

Sheridan explores the impacts of the emerging information-based economy on everything from the design of multifamily housing to corporate campuses.

"Not only are high-tech companies looking for unusual spaces that are reflective of their corporate culture, but firms in the knowledge sector are also reviving inner-city neighborhoods, spearheading the drive for sustainability, and even changing the way some new buildings are designed."

A New Resource Allocation Model: Development, Implementation, and the Politics of Change

TABBS Fact Sheet (PDF)
Critical Design Features of Responsibility Centres (PDF)
TABBS FAQ (PDF)

Seven Groups Qualify for 50-Year Ohio State Parking Concessioning RFQ

The Ohio State University is deciding whether to concession parking garages and surface lots to an investment group for the next 50 years. The outcome of transferring the control of over 35,000 parking spaces not only affects the campus community with regard to customer service and rates, it also has significant implications for campus planning. Parking lots and garages are typically "land banks" for academic building expansion or renewed green space. What are the issues when this land changes hands for 50 years?

Around the World In 60 Minutes—The World's Best University Archtecture

Mon May 14 08:20:56 -0400 2012

Presented at SCUP–47 on Wednesday, July 11 at 8: 30 am by Wendy Parker, competition promotion manager, Campus Planning Office, University of Manitoba and W. Alan Simms, Associate Vice President, Administration, University of Manitoba

Building on the success of last year's presentation "Does Building Consensus Compromise Creativity," presenters offer an exciting and thought-provoking visual tour of the world's most innovative and dramatic university architecture. How are architects realizing, in a creative way, the new paradigm of cross-disciplinary collaboration combined with budget cuts? Through interviews with university administrators,

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Around the World in 60 Minutes—The World's Best University Architecture

Integrated Planning: One Business Definition

Mon May 14 08:19:33 -0400 2012

Taking a look around at how others write about “integrated planning,” we liked this graphic from Synthesis Partnership, along with the accompanying description, below.

At the core of integrated planning are strategic, program, and business planning, the why, what and how of the organization.
Strategic planning is essentially broad- based consensus-building around mission and goals. It draws all stakeholders into a discussion that reinvigorates the sense of communal purpose.

Program planning develops services, programs and delivery mechanisms, and identifies the resources needed to implement them. Much of this work needs to be dealt with very lightly in strategic planning, at the policy level. The details are the prerogative of the executive director and professional staff.

Business planning is as crucial for a non-profit institution as it is in a for- profit business. A business plan details the means by which the organization is to be supported and sustained, determines operational feasibility, and provides the staffing, financial, market, and operational details required. Business planning typically is the responsibility of the Executive Director, CFO, and the board.

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ntegrated Planning: Moving From Vision Through Implementation to Achievement

Mon May 14 08:17:26 -0400 2012

Another highly anticipated SCUP–47 presenter is Larry Goldstein, president of Campus Strategies, LLC. Here’s his abstract:

Institutions can achieve improved overall effectiveness by addressing operational planning, resource allocation, and assessment in an integrated fashion that ensures appropriate attention to each process. This session will focus on a comprehensive model that relies on both strategic and infrastructural planning to guide operational planning. Instead of relying on the operating budget to serve as the de facto operating plan, these plans are developed with intentionality and then resourced appropriately and subjected to ongoing assessment.

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