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The SCUP Academy Report 2013

Report on Trends in Higher Education Planning 2013

This report synthesizes the trends observed by more than 90 members of SCUP’s planning academies through the 2012 fall concurrent session proposal review process for SCUP’s 2013 annual, international conference (SCUP–48).

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The Human Side of the Strategic Planning Process in Higher Education

“Change is a people process; the strategic planning process is not a solitary activity but one that involves a number of players. Its success depends on the individuals and groups who participate in the plan’s development, application, and evaluation.”

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Research on Learning Space Design

Present State, Future Directions

This report is a collection that summarizes and evaluates how far the field of learning space design has come in identifying the elements that will allow us to thoughtfully design learning spaces and evaluate their impact.

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A Practical Guide to Strategic Planning in Higher Education

This guide provides a basic overview of strategic planning at the post-secondary level and defines the elements of a successful process. It is also useful as a checklist for more experienced campus leaders, providing colorful vignettes of circumstances in which ineffective strategic planning can create many problems.

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Hindsight-Foresight

From the Founding to the Future of Five Ivy League Campuses

This project examines the evolution of the campuses of Harvard, Yale, Penn, Princeton, and Columbia (collectively referred to in this study as “the Five”) from their founding, through the centuries of their development, and into the future to better understand how academic and other forces gave form to the buildings and grounds and how historical outcomes may inform future growth.

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Kings of Infinite Space

How to Make Space Planning for Colleges and Universities Useful Given Constrained Resources

This book sketches an evolved comprehensive space planning practice, with its emphases on utilization, economic value, quality, and accountability both to the institutional mission and to stakeholders.

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Campus Image and Identity

The eight chapters in this book reflect Richard Dober’s categories of the elements of campus image and design. Within each chapter, each page displays two campus scenes, chosen for thought-provoking comparison—and a brief comment from Dober regarding each.

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Integrated Resource and Budget Planning at Colleges and Universities

This book is the culmination of several years of discussions, face-to-face roundtables, conference calls, and virtual meetings by SCUP’s Resource & Budget Planning Advisory Group. Each chapter is a tool crafted by experienced, on-campus peer-practitioners.

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A Guide to Planning for Change

The enhanced planning model in this book recognizes the many internal, external, up, down, and sideways forces, challenges, and opportunities facing higher education

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Old Main

Fame, Fate, and Contributions to Campus Planning and Design

This publication describes the forms, fame, and fate of Old Main, arguably higher education's iconic architecture.

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Integrating Higher Education Planning and Assessment

A Practical Guide

Using their extensive experience on the University of Delaware campus, the authors give numerous examples of the integrated nature of planning. Intended for anyone on campus who is involved with the planning or accrediting process.

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Technology-Driven Planning

Principles to Practice

If you need to know how technology is changing the way we plan for higher education, read this book and benefit from experts who have addressed today's challenges.