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Classroom Utilization and the Liberal Arts College: What the Data Tells Us

Presenter(s): Brenda Bretz, Dickinson College; Katharine Mace Learned, The Stone House Group; Nickolas G. Stamos, Dickinson College
Convener: Nancy K. Nusbaum, Southwest Texas State University


How do you understand and interpret the utilization rate of classrooms on your campus? When does flexibility become wasteful and underused space? Do you need more space, better space, special space, or just an edict for faculty to teach on Fridays? Using Dickinson College as a case study, we will examine the factors that influence these decisions and explain how changes were made based on the data and its relevance to the goals set forth in the college¹s strategic and facilities plans.


This knowledge resource from SCUP is a concurrent session presented at the Society's thirty-seventh annual, international conference and Expo, SCUP–37, in San Diego, CA (USA), in July of 2002.

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