In September, 2010, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education sponsored a conference that included CPE board members, campus representatives, and state policy leaders to engage in a range of discussions, ranging from student success, college completion and innovations in teaching and learning to cost containment strategies and achieving greater efficiencies in administrative practices.  This session includes a summary of the 2010 conference and its key conclusions and an update on its outcomes.

The University of Louisville has received three LEED Gold certifications during the past two years. In January, it achieved a Silver rating in its first submission to the Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System (STARS) sponsored by Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). It is at the midpoint in implementing a $47 million performance contract program for energy conservation. It is in a model collaboration with Metro Louisville and the Jefferson County Public Schools to undertake a “Partnership for a Green City.” The University’s Vice President for Business Affairs will discuss the university’s strategic goals, operational objectives, organizational structure, and implementation process in addressing its ambitious sustainability agenda for the university and the larger community.

Strategic Capital Development and The Relevant University

Harvey H. Kaiser and Eva Klein co-authored, Strategic Capital Development and The Relevant University, in April 2010 published by APPA. In this presentation, Eva Klein will outline the “new model” for assessing facilities needs, prioritizing capital investments, incorporating financing considerations, and implementation—all summarized from the comprehensive campus investment model that she and Dr. Kaiser presented in the book. She will focus on aspects of cost containment, investment optimization, and facilities productivity issues—that all contribute to strengthening our capacity to serve.

Learning outcomes:

1. Prepare for the expected future contexts for facilities management and capital investment.
2. Recognize why past/current approaches to facilities planning may not be optimal for the future.
3. Learn about the Kaiser-Klein proposed "comprehensive" model (the elements and how they fit together).
4. Evaluate how the presented model might be adapted and customized to the situations of the conference’s participants (in discussion session).

The Relevant University: Making Community and Economic Engagement Matter

In the last decade or so, many universities and colleges have turned their attention to economic development and the broader concept of “university engagement.” This is, however, an area of endeavor that is still in exploration for many institutions. For more than two decades, Eva Klein has promoted and advocated for a new view of the “21st century institution” as a more outward-focused, proactive “actor” in creating solutions to regional and community needs. In 2009, her firm provided facilitation to The University of Toledo to create a comprehensive “engagement strategy” for this institution. The results of the planning work were published in April 2010 by the university, with its President, Lloyd A. Jacobs, MD, and Eva Klein as co-authors. In this session, Ms. Klein will present her framework concepts for the “21st century engaged and relevant university,” as well as a summary of the University of Toledo case study.

Learning outcomes:

1. Understanding of concepts for defining the 21st century higher education institution
2. Learning how these concepts differ from past/present mission and models
3. Discovering ideas about how “engagement” can be a pervasive element of university functions—rather than an additional or peripheral set of activities
4. Acquiring knowledge of the framework and elements of The University of Toledo engagement strategy, as a case study with elements that may be adapted elsewhere

The University of Louisville recently opened a $143 million Clinical & Translational Research Building on its Health Sciences Center. The facility is 288,000 square feet on seven levels. The structure houses laboratory space for cancer research and is a flexible, state-of –the-art interdisciplinary facility designed to promote interdisciplinary collaboration. This facility was the first LEED certified project on the UofL campus, the first LEED certified research building in Kentucky, and the largest LEED NC Gold certified research building in the country as of February 2010.

During the tour you will see:

• Specific sustainability features including a greywater concept, an innovative air quality sensor system and how daylight control and utilization was used to save energy,
• How the space is organized including a series of open lab “neighborhoods,”
• How the program areas have been designed to reinforce interdisciplinary research,
• How the design connects the views between indoors and outdoors,
• The unique exterior design elements and how they relate to the existing neighborhood architecture,
• What researchers think about the building and its ability to support their work