Education
In an increasingly competitive environment, colleges and universities are striving to make themselves stand out from their competition and deliver results. They are in a growing battle to attract the
highest quality students and faculty.Research into how people learn is transforming how colleges & universities are crafting curriculums and thinking about what needs to happen in the classroom. The explosion of technology in the hands of students and on campus is forcing massive rethinking of how and where learning takes place. Educators are just beginning to understand that the design of learning spaces can have a profound effect on their most pressing business issues, which are:
- Attraction of top faculty and students
- Retention of top faculty and students
- Improving student learning outcomes
- Leveraging technology seamlessly across campus
Now more than ever, higher education is recognizing the positive impact that space can have in helping to achieve these key objectives. The Chronicle of Higher
Education says that 76 percent of students rate the facility of their area of study as either critical or very important. Thirty-three percent of students indicate that they will NOT select a
particular institution if they perceive the facility to be lacking effective environments.
For students and faculty, the quality of learning spaces, whether formal (classrooms, lecture halls, laboratories) or informal (libraries, media centers, in-between spaces) all impact first impressions. The trends that are driving these needs are:
For students and faculty, the quality of learning spaces, whether formal (classrooms, lecture halls, laboratories) or informal (libraries, media centers, in-between spaces) all impact first impressions. The trends that are driving these needs are:
- Advances in learning research
- Competition for students and faculty
- Increasing accountability for student success
- Explosion of technology on campus
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