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A Guidebook for Inclusive Design

 This session will show how to implement a unified approach to inclusive design within high-performing sustainable buildings by incorporating intentional design solutions that account for diverse human conditions and experiences.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

A Laboratory Campus for the Handicapped
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Campus-Wide Accessibility in Long-Term Planning and COVID-19 Response

 This session will discuss successful strategies for accessibility planning—both long-term and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Equitable Access: Campus Planning toward Universal Design at UC Berkeley

 Individuals with disabilities are not a homogeneous group and planners and designers have an ethical responsibility to shape the physical campus environment in response to their needs.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

From Awareness to Acceptance to Action

 Through its strategic plan, Triton College built support for and overcame barriers to institution-wide neurodiversity efforts.
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Implementing HyFlex Learning Environments

 In this presentation, we’ll: 1) explain the HyFlex teaching approach, 2) briefly review design values and principles, and 3) consider ways that faculty and design professionals can create accessible, equitable and high-quality learning for all students, regardless of participation mode.
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Integrated Programming and Human-centric Design for Student Neurodiversity

 With a growing population of neurodiverse students, Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services (RCAAS) acts as a national prototype for institutional change to increase engagement and success of autistic students through purpose-built environments and programs.
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Multi-Institutional Collaborative Planning to Meet Changing Technology Accessibility Requirements
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Planning for Neurodiverse Campus Communities

 No two individuals are 'wired' to process information or stimuli in their environment in the same way, yet the design of campus environments often focuses on the 'norm'.
Blog Post

Pedagogy and Purpose Over Platform
Partner Content

Planning Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Campus Environments

 Student-centered insights on the design of formal learning environments and informal study and lounge spaces can help campuses increase the sense of belonging and improve learning outcomes for underrepresented students. The author is a SCUP Fellow for the 2020–2021 program. Read her full research project final report which infuses student-centered research into a playbook that can guide universities and design teams through key DEI strategies for planning, designing, and assessing physical campus space.
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Planning for Access, Equity, and Belonging at Buffalo State University
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Planning for Access, Equity, and Belonging at Buffalo State University

 As an urban-engaged university, Buffalo State University's strategic commitment to diversity, inclusion, and access has strengthened and diversified student recruitment, raised retention rates, and built community within and beyond the campus. Buffalo State's reputation of providing quality education, access, equity, and engagement requires inclusive, multi-functional spaces that foster a sense of community and develop a welcoming and equity-minded culture for all students.
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Planning the Future of the Past at Lincoln University

 Join us to find out how your institution can incorporate its history within its vision, develop strategies for historic building stabilization and renewal, and integrate building strategies with broader campus planning goals.
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SCUP Fellow Presentation | Peripheral Vision

 Gain an early view of a yearlong study into creating a set of metrics for campus planners and facility designers to assess physical space on campus in support of the strategic planning values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Seven Lessons in Inclusive Campus Design

 Institutions are starting to grapple with histories of developing indigenous lands and the legacy of an able-bodied vernacular within campus design that continues to reinforce in-groups and out-groups.
Conference Presentations

Site Universal Design for an Inclusive Built Environment

 We will describe the tenets of universal design, show examples of how it is used on campuses, help you avoid mistakes commonly made when incorporating universal design, and outline universal design maintenance requirements.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Supporting Neurodiversity in Higher Education

 By integrating several unique campus voices, we can realize that unassignable space is highly valuable to the neurodivergent campus occupant.
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Supporting the Whole Student

 In this session, we’ll share how the College of Marin and Chabot College's integrated learning centers are serving changing student populations using an inclusive library design approach.
Conference Presentations

The Benefits of Designing for Neuro-inclusion on Campus
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Universal Design in the Age of COVID-19

 Demographics on campuses have changed, expectations for accessibility have increased, and the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need to provide inclusive experiences for all learners. Thirty years after the ADA was signed into law, much has been achieved; however, there is more to be accomplished at colleges and universities if we are to provide inclusive experiences for all learners. A renewed approach to campus planning and design, informed by the principles of Universal Design and Universal Design for Learning, and with a commitment to delivering hybridized online and in-person models of educational delivery, is needed now.
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Vision to Reality

 Come learn how you can translate institutional values of access and equity into resilient physical planning strategies that will help your institution support underserved students in a time of crisis.