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Is Your Enrollment Increasing?
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
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As statistics regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education become more readily available over time, a decline in overall postsecondary enrollment nationwide has become overwhelmingly apparent...
3 Reasons Why Collaborative Learning Spaces Are Essential
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
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As a variety of factors such as rapidly-evolving technology, the cost of education, and student diversity continually mold the landscape of modern education, student expectations of what the K-12 or college experience looks and feels like gradually change...
Architecture Transforms Learning Communities Into More Than a Catchphrase
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
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Over the past decade or so, “learning community” and “high impact experience” have become staples in the vocabulary of many higher education leaders as more and more institutions strive to integrate these practices into their student experience...
Inspiring a Spirit of Inclusivity in Design
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
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Today, abiding by ADA guidelines is thankfully a given as architects thoughtfully consider accommodations for those with differing abilities from the beginning of the design process. But as an industry, we have a responsibility to continually expand our horizons further into the realm of total inclusivity...
3 Considerations for the Forward-Thinking Recreation Center
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
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As campus recreation experts, our team is constantly examining up-and-coming trends in recreation center design and implementing them in strategic, forward-thinking ways for our clients...
What’s Next in the World of Planning and Design?
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
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Like the rest of the world, architects and planners are facing significant uncertainty of how to best move forward given the current public health situation. Just as colleges and universities face new realities concerning the recruitment and retention of their students and communities reimagine what togetherness means, so are architects reimagining how well-designed built environments will impact their users...
Can a Building Really Increase Student Retention & Satisfaction?
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
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Now more than ever, colleges and universities are seeking opportunities to increase student retention and satisfaction in their academic programs. Institutions across the United States take great pride in their students, offering quality education and co-curriculars that enrich them until they proudly receive their diplomas...
Is Low Space Utilization Always a Bad Thing?
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
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The era of big data has arrived, and along with it the ubiquity of software systems to manage and analyze academic space use in real time. Whether your institution utilizes an integrated space management system or the registrar schedules classes, campus planners require practical guidelines to understand exactly what the threshold for optimal use is...
Keeping Health & Wellness at the Heart of Campus Life
Monday, August 10, 2020
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In the wake of the current public health crisis, we have come to more fully realize the importance of keeping health and wellness at the forefront of our daily lives. As campuses across the nation return to classes in the coming weeks, ensuring the lasting wellness of students now and in the future remains paramount for key decision makers...
Measuring the Impact of New Facilities
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
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Hastings+Chivetta is privileged to have assisted Murray State University (MSU) with the development of a new and transformative Science Quad over the past 15 years. The complex of buildings was completed in three phases: Biology (2004), Chemistry (2009), and Engineering and Physics (2018)...