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Private offices for faculty? The debate rages

Tuesday, 3 August 2010

 Lawrence Biemiller recently opened a HUGE can of worms in the Chronicle of Higher Education when he asked whether all faculty members really need private offices (article). At 92 comments and counting, the overwhelming majority of faculty members responding are vehemently opposed. They cite need for confidential discussions with students, inability to work in a communal environment, and challenges to status (“when administrators do it, I will”) among other reasons.

Even though I am a campus planner who works in an open, collaborative environment, I think the faculty have a point. ...[more]

The larger context: institutions and sustainable communities

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Kearns_150x150_72dpiTom Kearns’ column, which discusses on how institutions and communities can work collaboratively to advance their shared sense of environmental commitment, appears in the November 2009 issue of College Planning & Management magazine.

College Planning & Management article

Two drivers of change in learning environments

Thursday, 5 November 2009

As a participant in Herman Miller’s Spring 2009 Higher Education Leadership Roundtable, I found the opportunity to sit and talk with thought leaders across the spectrum of higher education to be highly stimulating.

We spent two days discussing scenarios for learning that had been developed in 2005 and summarized in Herman Miller’s Outlook for Learning white paper – which ones were still valid, which ones had not come to pass, which ones were we still waiting for? In spite of the overarching theme of today’s economic realities, we still believed that every challenge presents an opportunity – and that higher education leaders are the ones who need to capitalize on these ...[more]

Values and visions: the future of Young Harris College

19 July 2009

SCUP 44 - Society for College and University Planning conference, Portland, OR

Annie Newman, Shepley Bulfinch
Cathy Cox and Rosemary Royston, Young Harris College

In search of the information commons model in arts libraries

27 March 2009

NE Music Library Association Conference, Exeter, NH

Janette Blackburn AIA, LEED AP, Shepley Bulfinch
Margaret Ericson, Colby College

Focusing on classrooms

6 March 2009

Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) Learning Spaces & Technology Workshop, Richmond, VA

Carole Wedge, FAIA, LEED AP

Leading Change: An Exploratory Process

Saturday, 29 November 2008

by Carole Wedge, AIA, LEED AP

Leading Change: An Exploratory Process

Carole Wedge discusses how colleges and universities can respond to evolving technologies and work and learning practices, facilitating change and using it to organizational advantage. This article first appeared in the November/December 2006 issue of Educause.

Space utilization: not just for classrooms anymore

19 July 2008

SCUP 43 - Society of College and University Planning conference, Montreal, PQ, Canada

Annie Newman, Shepley Bulfinch; Robert Boes, MIT