Society for College and University Planning

Works Well With Others

SCUP collaborates with many associations, foundations, and non-profit organizations on a variety of events, publications, and webcasts.

Among them:

• AACC, American Association of Community Colleges
• AASCU, American Association of State Colleges & Universities
• AASHE, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Second Nature
• ACUHO-I, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International
• ACUPCC, American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment
• AGB, Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities
• AIA-CAE, American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture and Education
• AIR, Association for Institutional Research
• APPA, Leadership in Educational Facilities
• ASHE, Association for the Study of Higher Education
• ASLA, American Society of Landscape Architects
• CEP, Campus Ecology Project
• CFMTA, The Campus Facilities Management Technology Association
• EDUCAUSE
• NACAS, National Association of College Auxiliary Services
• NACUBO, National Association of College and University Business Officers
• NYT, New York Times Knowledge Network
• NWF'S CEP, the Campus Ecology Project of the National Wildlife Federation
• PBS, Public Broadcasting System
• SMPS, Society for Marketing Professional Services
• USGBC, United States Green Building Council

Events: SCUP worked with several sustainability organizations and The New York Times Knowledge Network on the October 21, 2009, webcast for Campus Sustainability Day 7.0. However, the largest, most formal collaboration with other organizations came in 2006 when SCUP, APPA, and NACUBO jointly produced an annual conference in July in Honolulu, HI, called "The Campus of the Future." The Boston Society of Architects (BSA) runs a regular lunchtime program in connection with SCUP.

Exhibiting: SCUP exhibits at a number of other organizations and conferences, such as GreenBuild (USGBC) and AACC. These exhibits serve to represent SCUP for potential members, exhibitors and advertisers, and to promote our products and services.

Member Connections: Member connections to various associations remain a valuable resource. In recent years, SCUP members were the top volunteer leaders in three pertinent AIA subgroups: the Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE), Committee on the Environment (COTE), and Historic Resources Committee (HRC). The Association of University Architects (AUA) has no formal relationship with SCUP, but its membership is largely made up of SCUP members.

Publications: We have published books jointly with: APPA, CEP, NACUBO, and NWF. As well, we have shared journal or magazine articles between SCUP and other organizations. While not directly collaboration per se, SCUP staff has also written articles for publication in such periodicals as The Community College Journal, Dean and Provost newsletter, Campus Technology magazine, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, and University Business magazine. We occasionally share news items with AIR's Electronic AIR. SCUP's book, Transforming Higher Education, was translated into Japanese and published serially in the magazine of that country's equivalent of EDUCAUSE in 2001.

Research: We have participated in developing and promoting a number of research surveys over the years, with organizations like the CEP, NWF, and publications such as Building Design and Construction magazine and Connection, the journal of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). More recently, the Campus Heritage Preservation Project is funded by the Getty Grant Foundation. It produced a website: http://campusheritage.ning.com. SCUP also has worked with Herman Miller on learning space design surveys.

SCUP is a member of these two fine organizations:

CHEMA: SCUP has been a member of a coalition of higher education associations called the Council of Higher Education Management Associations (CHEMA) for more than two decades. A list of CHEMA organizations can be found at www.chemanet.org/members.asp.

HEASC: Another membership organization to which SCUP belongs, and which it helped to found in 2005, is the Higher Education Associations Consortium for Sustainability (HEASC). A list of HEASC members can be found at www2.aashe.org/heasc/about.php.

Contact us at info@scup.org if your organization is interested collaborating with SCUP on a project of interest to our members.