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Colleges Are More Than Just an Education but a Capital Investment into Our Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inferior campus facilities impact the ability to both recruit and retain students as well as attract the best faculty, and the evidence is apparent across the entire higher education landscape. There are compound reasons that colleges fall behind in facilities management, renovation, and new construction duties.

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Sustainable heat: Options, challenges and opportunities for campuses

University Business

And yet, its an environmental hot button with students, administration, and facilities managers, as most older campus buildings still rely on fossil fuel-derived energy such as heating oil to keep buildings warm. Heat is a social and economic issue on campus. Fuel availability instability. Its not as simple as flipping a switch.

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Engaging With AI: 5 Tips for Institutional Leaders

University Business

billion in capital and operating budgets, the report is the premier publication on the key trends and data influencing facilities management in academia today. Fortunately, facilities organizations are full of people who have the patience to work through a deliberative process.

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Bowie State University Modernizes Physical Security System

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Tyler partnered with the facilities management and public safety departments to identify a solution, and the school chose to replace the aging system with a cohesive video surveillance solution from Verkada. At this historically Black college and university located in Bowie, Md.,

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Marquette U facility promotes physical mental health

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Marquette University will open its new wellness and recreation center in January 2025, joining a growing number of higher ed institutions that have combined mental and physical health within a single facility. Does your institution have a new wellness and recreation facility that is contributing to student retention?

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FAQ’s: Spring Semester Questions Regarding Housing Returner Process, Housing Availability, and Off-Campus Housing

The Student Affairs Blog

Response: VCU takes the health and safety of our community seriously and encourages students, faculty and staff to report any concerns related to mold, broken items, or other safety concerns through the university’s non-emergency work order system, VCU Facilities Self Service (FSS).

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Solar field to generate 18% of Pitt’s campus power

University Business

“That equates to roughly removing over 3,300 gasoline-powered cars off the road every year,” said Scott Bernotas, the University of Pittsburgh vice chancellor of facilities management. Pitt partnered with Vesper Energy to secure 100% of the solar farm’s output for the next 20 years. Read more from CBS News.