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Land-Grant Campuses for the 21st Century

Moving Beyond Rural and Semi-Rural Sites

By: Greg Havens

To address new population groups and respond to today’s challenges, these institutions plan spaces that also welcome urban, suburban, and remote students.

From Volume 47 Number 2 | January–March 2019

Abstract: Over their 150-year history, land-grant universities have played a tremendous and vital role in the development of the United States and the education of its people. Most of these institutions were established as the result of the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862. How has this mission, drafted in a much different time, held up over the years? As we move toward the third decade of the twenty-first century, many universities are evolving to better embrace changing student demographics; build industry partnerships; and reframe campus legacies to ensure that the land-grant mission still supports the needs of our times.

Institutions Mentioned: Auburn University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Clemson University, University of Kentucky, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, University of Maine at Orono
Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Campus Master Planning, Facilities Design, Facilities Planning, Public-Private Partnerships (P3), Student Housing

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Place Attachment on University Campuses

At What Point Do Undergraduates Connect to Their Academic Institutions?

By: David Spooner

As students progress from freshmen to seniors, campus experiences within the built environment—and the outdoor spaces between buildings—transform from everyday spaces into places that are meaningful and memorable.

From Volume 47 Number 2 | January–March 2019

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Facilities Design, Original Research, Placemaking, Student Experience

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Physical and Financial Planning for the Whole Campus

Chapter Seven of Eight Schools: Campus and Culture

By: Robert Spencer Barnett

In earlier years, preceding the advent of strategic planning, campus development was limited by available funds, and most buildings were located to meet short-term need.

From Volume 47 Number 2 | January–March 2019

Institutions Mentioned: Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Williams College
Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Facilities Funding, Facilities Planning

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Space Management

Enhancing Enrollment Opportunities and Operational Performance

By: Amy Bippus, Parviz Partow-Navid

To meet both a significant enrollment demand and the scheduling results from a quarter-to-semester conversion, university classroom capacity needed to be maximized.

From Volume 47 Number 2 | January–March 2019

Abstract: Enrollment management is a term used in higher education to describe a wide range of issues, including recruitment, admissions, financial aid, student success, and more. To be successful, institutions must break with past practices and reconstitute organizational structures that are expandable. Using Kotter’s change management model as a guide, California State University Los Angeles LA’s addressed maximizing classroom capacity to meet enrollment demand following quarter to semester conversion and significant enrollment increases.

Institutions Mentioned: California State University-Los Angeles
Planning Types: Campus Planning
Tags: Facilities Planning, Space Management

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Engage With Purpose

Seek Broad, Deep, and Diverse Perspectives in Your Planning Process

By: Amanda Wirth Lorenzo, Kelly Sanford

Your campus community has valuable insights to offer your planning initiatives. Design your engagements with care, using a framework that underscores purpose.

From Volume 47 Number 2 | January–March 2019

Abstract: As new spaces, services, and experiences are being designed and redesigned on campuses, many teams are engaging users (and non-users) in the planning process. Where engagement goes wrong is when it doesn’t connect to your audience or your objectives. So how do you ensure that input from your engagement is contributing to an effective and intelligent design? Using our work at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and SUNY Fredonia as case studies, we’ll show you how to align your method of engagement with participant type, diversify input and unpack findings, and optimize the experience for participants.