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Conference Recordings

Adapting Campus Spaces for Generation Z at Carnegie Mellon University

 In this session we'll share two recent CMU projects addressing Gen Z's preference for experiential learning, their digital proficiency, and their entrepreneurial spirit—and you can learn now to apply these methods to learning spaces on your campus.
Trends for Higher Education

Are You Prepared for Tomorrow’s Students? | Spring 2016
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Book Review: Higher Education Business Models Under Stress
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Book Review: The Agile College
Conference Presentations

Designing Beyond the Binary to Foster Belonging

 Today’s students are coming to school with diverse gender identities.
Webinar Recordings

Destination 2030
Example Plans

Environmental Scan Series

 A series of thorough, heavily sourced environmental scanning reports developed by the institution’s institutional effectiveness department to support its strategic planning process.
Conference Presentations

How Is My Institution Going to Survive the Coming Demographic Cliff?
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Learning Space Design for the Ethnically Diverse Undergraduate Classroom

 This pilot study was conducted to evaluate how space contributes to the learning outcomes of a demographically diverse class of students at Morgan State University, a Historically Black Institution.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Leveraging Institutional Planning to Benefit Latinx Students

 How can institutional planners make a difference for underrepresented minority students? Senior administrators at East Los Angeles College addressed inequities in Latinx student transfer rates with data-backed culturally-relevant strategies.
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.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Social Mobility and the Graduation Rate Paradox

 By using a metric-based planning framework, researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso identified areas for institutional intervention to enhance social mobility outcomes.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Teetering on the Demographic Cliff, Part 1

 A long-term decline in birth rates raises fundamental planning questions for higher education as the pool of 18-year-olds contracts after 2025. How can planners and leaders use the time we have to prepare for some of the most wrenching changes in a generation?
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Teetering on the Demographic Cliff, Part 2

 Higher education has faced major changes for some time—COVID-19 accelerated that volatility—and now we’re anticipating the demographic downslope in student enrollment. How and when should institutions mobilize for the difficult work of planning in the face of wrenching change?
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Teetering on the Demographic Cliff, Part 3

 Higher education has faced major changes for some time—COVID-19 accelerated that volatility—and now we’re anticipating the demographic downslope in student enrollment. How and when should institutions mobilize for the difficult work of planning in the face of wrenching change?
Planning for Higher Education Journal

The Adult Student
Webinar Recordings

The Art and Science of Supporting Adult Learners

 More than ever, nontraditional students and adult learners are making up more and more of the student body at colleges and universities across the country. Learn how to effectively stand out from other institutions who are making mistakes in 10 key areas with the adult learner population.
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The Connected Campus

 Campus environments play a vital role in student success. By making changes to their combination of spaces, institutions can respond to the shifts transforming higher education. Elliot Felix shares how colleges and universities can prepare for a more blended world by bringing together the digital and physical, enabling greater diversity and inclusion, and implementing flexible structures, staffing, space, and services. Sponsored Content: Knoll and brightspot strategy.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Welcome to Campus

 Creating and sustaining a more welcoming and inclusive campus environment positions both institutions and students to succeed in a more diverse world.