The State of Sustainability: AASHE Annual Review of Sustainability (PDF)
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SCUP LinksSome results from the Society for College and University Planning's (SCUP) ongoing environmental scan for resources relating to higher education planning. Tuesday, June 30, 2009The State of Sustainability: AASHE Annual Review of Sustainability (PDF)
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (which SCUP helped to create) has published its annual report on the state of sustainability in higher education. It primarily consists of news items from AASHE's wonderful weekly bulletin email newsletter. In addition, the Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium, another group that SCUP helped to found has issued its annual report, as well (PDF) In it, you can see a summary of what various higher education management and professional associations did around sustainability in 2008.
Read it here: http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=1qygpcgurkovy Labels: campus sustainability, climate change, sustainability Master Plan 2009: Northern Kentucky University.
Northern Kentucky University presents this rapidly-growing institution's master plan for the years 2010-2020. This land use section details goals for a physical transportation of the campus, achieving of sustainability, promoting a sense of community, and creating memorable campus spaces.
Find it here: http://news.cincinnati.com/assets/AB130196311.PDF Private College Tuition Increases for 09-10 Lowest in 37 Years
According to the annual tuition increase study done by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the average 4.3 percent increase in tuition for next year among private, nonprofit colleges and universities matches the lowest increase ever measured, in 1972-73, the first year the report was tabulated.
Read about it here: http://www.naicu.edu/news_room/private-college-tuition-rises-at-lowest-rate-in-37-years Related: NAICU has a reporting page on "Enhancing Affordability" which includes a "New Affordability Initiatives for the 1009-10 Academic Year" listing with links to campus examples of such things as tuition reductions, tuition freezes, partnerships with community colleges, one-year commuter options and others. Labels: affordability, financial crisis, NAICU, privates, resource and budget planning, tuition Desperate Measures: Talk from the NACUBO Conference (Boston)
Jack Stripling briefly reports on a wide range of discussions and operational changes that colleges and universities are reporting at the 2009 NACUBO conference.
Read on: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/30/nacubo Labels: financial crisis, NACUBO, resource and budget planning A Good Neighbor
The new Dorrance H. Hamilton educational facility at Thomas Jefferson Medical College is downtown Philadelphia's largest infusion of green space in 50 years and the campus' first new building in 15. Town and gown considerations were important in its design.
"Burt Hill was approached to design the new 135,000-sq.-ft. Dorrance H. Hamilton Building, an educational facility that would create an integrated classroom setting in order to foster a team environment among students. During initial discussions, the school strongly emphasized its need for campus identity. For years, the urban Philadelphia grounds had been scattered throughout several city blocks, which made it difficult to unite the campus. The lack of campus identity also made it hard to establish a relationship with the neighboring community. It was clear that the new space would need to be aesthetically pleasing, as well as functional." Read more here: http://www.peterli.com/cpm/resources/articles/archive.php?article_id=2228 Labels: architecture, facilities planning, master planning, medical school, town and gown Monday, June 29, 2009Designing Choreographies for the "New Economy of Attention"
This is a dense resource that will require some . . . attention . . . but well worth the read:
Read on: http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/3/2/000049.html Labels: academic planning, facilities planning, interior design, it, learning space design, online learning, technology, virtual Federal Stimulus Bill: Chasing the Sun
This part of a continuing series of explorations of the economic consequences of parts of the federal stimulus package focuses on solar energy.
"The U.S. Department of Energy is still in the process of choosing the projects that will receive loans and deciding how other newly available subsidies will be spent. But the potential windfall is already jump-starting plans for wind farms in the Midwest, massive solar plants in the deserts of southwest Nevada and southeastern California, and geothermal power plants in the Northwest."Read more: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22833/ Labels: climate change, energy, federal, policy, research, solar, stimulus, sustainability Online Learning Produces Better Results Than Face-to-Face?
This US Department of Education report, Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning, can be download for free (93 pages). According to Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed, in the higher education part of the analysis, online learning was unequivocally better than face-to-face, and "blended learning" produced even better results.
Download it here: http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf Labels: academic planning, information technology, it, learning, online learning Naming Rights . . . for a Semester-Long Class?
Well, it's innovative, but maybe you should run it by the board of trustees first? The idea is
"that individuals could choose which semester-long class to save, and then get their name attached to it . . . . But it raised questions with trustees (at City College of San Francisco), who were caught off guard and squelched the plan until they could discuss it."Read on: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/26/BA4E18D900.DTL&type=education Labels: academic planning, financial crisis, naming, resource and budget planning Friday, June 26, 2009Why Plan? Most Colleges Avoid Risk Management
A recent report by AGB and United Educators is labeled "a wake-up call for higher-education leaders," by the United Educators CEO. We have a link to the report, as well as to a brief Chronicle blog post about it. The comments to the blog post are themselves quite interesting and educational:
Find the full report here: http://www.agb.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=1596 And The Chronicle post here: http://chronicle.com/news/article/6703/most-colleges-avoid-risk-management-report-says Labels: crisis, crisis planning, disaster, emergency, risk management Time to Close the College?
Alice Waters reports on her analysis of how colleges make the transition to nonexistence:
"There is little doubt that an increasing number of colleges will close in the next few years, and there seem to be few resources that might help guide those considering closure." Read on: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/06/26/brown Labels: financial crisis, resource and budget planning, transformation Thursday, June 25, 2009Let's Put Wind Turbines on the Heritage Building, and Illuminate Them!
This has to be seen to be believed - at least you can see a video:
Check it out: http://chronicle.com/blogs/architecture/2816/washington-u-adds-wind-turbines-to-historic-district-building-in-renovation-project Labels: architecture, campus heritage, facilities planning, rehabilitation, sustainability Dueling Scorecards: How Two Colleges Utilize the Popular Planning Method
This article compares and contrasts the use of the Balanced Scorecard by two small, private colleges. The article includes examples of how the model was implemented, how it is used for cyclical improvement, and how it can be used to improve communication concerning institutional planning. SCUP members can download a PDF of this article at no charge.
You can find it here: http://ams.scup.org/i4a/ams/amsstore/category.cfm?product_id=8603 Labels: balanced scorecard, planning models, strategic planning Why Is There a Capital Budget/Operating Budget 'Chasm'?
We really like the questions that Inside Higher Ed's anonymous sustainability blogger asks. (He, or she, will be at SCUP-44 in Portland, BTW.)
Read more here: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/getting_to_green/don_t_know_much_about Labels: capital budget, capital planning, facilities planning, operating budget, resource and budget planning Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: A Chat with Terry Hartle
Read on: http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume44/ReauthorizingtheHigherEducatio/171783 Labels: federal, HEA, Higher Education Act, policy A Grassroots Approach to Strategic Planning at St. Louis Community College—Meramec
One institution's experience:
"In the end, Meramec has found that working from the ground up demands a significant amount of cooperation and collaboration; however, it is evident that there is tremendous insight to be gained from those who are in the trenches every day."Read more: http://www.league.org/blog/post.cfm/a-grassroots-approach-to-strategic-planning-at-st-louis-community-college-meramec Labels: community college, strategic planning The Power of Waste: Managing Technology for Abundance, Not Scarcity
Did you ever wonder, when you were told to spend saving storage space by finding and deleting old files, whether it was worth your time? (It isn't.)
This is a thought-provoking piece from Wired magazine and well worth the time to read it. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-07/mf_freer Labels: academic planning, environmental scanning, futuring, information technology, it Wednesday, June 24, 2009What to Do While Your Building or Renovation Project Is On Hold
Many campuses will be postponing or curtailing new building projects and renovations due to the current economic climate, but the pressing need for newly configured, technology-enabled spaces has not gone away. This session will describe a number of low or no-cost strategies for moving institutions toward their overall goals for new learning spaces, particularly in libraries and computing centers, while waiting for the actual construction or renovation. In the process, these strategies may help campuses clarify what they hope the new spaces will accomplish, assist units in being able to implement new, user-driven services as soon as the new spaces are occupied, and forge new campus partnerships.
Read on: http://net.educause.edu/content.asp?SECTION_ID=447&bhcp=1 P.S. : Don't miss out on conversations with colleagues and peers at SCUP-44 in Portland. It's coming up fast! http://www.scup.org/page/annualconf/44 Labels: computing center, construction, facilities planning, library The Architecture of Amherst: The Past, The Future — And the Enduring Principles
You can watch the video or download an MP3 of this recent panel discussion at Amherst College.
Check it out here: https://www.amherst.edu/alumni/events/reunion/multimedia/2009/architecture/node/116796 We also have a Chicago Tribune article based on one participant's presentation. "That New England campus: What are its enduring principles? How should the campus evolve?" Read on: http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2009/06/a-storybook-new-england-campus-the-essentials-of-its-architecture-.html Labels: amherst, campus heritage, facilities planning, new england New Book: The Community College Transfer Guide
We probably won't review this book, The Community College Transfer Guide, because it is aimed at students rather than professionals. But it seems as though professionals could learn a bit from it about the points of view of students trying to articulate what they've done at 2-years into 4-years.
Take a look: http://www.amazon.com/Community-College-Transfer-Guide-Silver/dp/0944708846/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245859857&sr=8-1 Labels: articulation, community college, credits, transfer
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