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Space Assessment

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2007 Campus Facilities Inventory (CFI) Report

 How are institutions using their space? This report from the SCUP Campus Facilities Inventory (CFI) aggregates space data submitted to the CFI survey from 2006 and 2007.
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2021 Campus Facilities Inventory (CFI) Report

 The 2021 Campus Facilities Inventory (CFI) report’s valuable facilities benchmarking data will help college and university leaders understand not only what they have now and how it compares, but also how things might change in the future.
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2022 Campus Facilities Inventory (CFI) Report

 The 2022 Campus Facilities Inventory (CFI) report’s valuable facilities benchmarking data will help college and university leaders understand not only what they have now and how it compares, but also how things might change in the future.
Webinar Recordings

A Different Kind of SMART

 In this presentation, we discuss how to identify and select appropriate metrics—equally focused on education and research—for evaluating “SMART” research laboratories.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Analyzing Existing Campus Space for Hybrid Teaching and Learning

 In the aftermath of COVID-19, Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan) rethought learning spaces, adapting them to the good practices that were used during the period of solely online teaching.
Conference Presentations

Assessing Learning Environments to Improve Utilization

 The team will share how they used software tools to assess and improve the utilization of their learning environments.
Conference Recordings

Data-driven Space Strategies for Research-intensive Institutions

 In this session, you'll learn multiple techniques—analytical, participatory, and action-oriented—that will help you enroll stakeholders, think strategically, and act more constructively to advance space management approaches at your institution.
Conference Recordings

Data-Informed Design Decisions

 Come learn how data-informed design can inform your next building project, guide space allocation, and minimize the need for new construction on your campus.
Conference Recordings

Designing the Money

 In this session, we'll share how Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) applies a standard process to address its unique capital needs and withstand the test of time. CSCU maintains its 10-year capital plan in a dynamic environment to remain relevant and resilient for allocating resources equitably between its sixteen campuses with optimal effect.
Webinar Recordings

How Assessment Can Improve Your Campus’s Active Learning Spaces

 Come join us for an engaging and interactive session that will provide you with critical, campus-tested planning tools that you can use in your own classroom assessment to improve your campus learning environment.
Conference Presentations

How to Craft a Living, Data-Driven Facilities Master Plan

 In this session, you will learn how the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor’s College of Engineering created this responsive master plan that acts more as an interactive set of tools than a static document.
Conference Recordings

No Net New Space

 We'll share the process used at Longwood University to reallocate existing space to align with a new core curriculum centered on deep learning, creativity, and collaboration—and will demonstrate how your institution can use it to assess existing space, reallocate underutilized space, align budget, and advocate for student and faculty buy-in.
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.
Conference Recordings

Planning Interrupted

 From the onset of COVID-19, Moore College has demonstrated how a dense urban campus can adapt to the new normal by transforming common space for maximum use to enhance the creative arts education pedagogy—join us to learn about their innovative strategies.
Conference Recordings

Reaping the Benefits of a New Building? Without Building New

 In this session, we'll demonstrate how to renovate your campus spaces to maximize programming and performance, using a planning approach that addresses the unique challenges of modernizing existing buildings, accommodating future-focused programming needs, and minimizing operational costs.
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.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

 Michigan Technological University used active stakeholder engagement, frequent reviews, and vigorous discussion to develop its aspirational master plan.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

The Intersection

 As designs for an institution and its spaces are considered, decision makers should seek a balance between offering areas for quiet work that requires intense concentration and for social engagement and the sharing of ideas.
Report

The Planning and Design of Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Campus Environments

 This is a SCUP Fellow Research Project Final Report for the 2020–2021 program. Space is not neutral; we perceive physical environments differently based on our backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. This new, research-based playbook can guide universities and design teams through key strategies and possible metrics relative to DEI to use when planning, designing, and assessing physical campus space.
Conference Recordings

The Spectrum of Space and Capital Planning in Florida and Georgia

 The Florida State and Georgia University Systems employ varied approaches to their space standards, planning, and capital programs. We’ll compare these approaches and discuss best practices for determining the effectiveness of space use and the planning process.
Conference Presentations

Using Visualizations and Data to Inform Space Planning

 This session describes how we used data visualization to spark critical conversations as we evolved 1960s-era space guidelines into modern approaches.