Must-Read: Educational Facilities and the Impact of Technology, Expectations, and Competition

APPA: Leadership in Educational Facilities has published its 2007 Thought Leaders Series report titled "Educational Facilities and the Impact of Technology, Expectations, and Competition" (PDF) including the top ten critical facilities issues). We highly recommend that you download and read this report. You may also call 703.684.1446 to receive a complimentary printed copy, but we recommend being sustainable and downloading the digital file instead. (You can search inside it!) The top ten critical facilities issues, well-explained in the report, are:

• Improving Communications
• Addressing Sustainability
• Balancing and Articulating Expectations
• Integrating with IT
• Focusing on the Customer
• Aligning Facilities Planning with Institutional Goals
• Making Master Planning More Effective
• Implementing Total Cost of Ownership Strategies
• Managing Maintenance and Adaptive Reuse
• Instituting Metrics for Performance Measurement

Many thanks to the nine SCUP-member "thought leaders" who participated in the April 2007 APPA Thought Leaders Summit which was the source of this report: Christopher K. Ahoy, Iowa State University; James E. Alty Jr., Wake Forest University; Dave Button, University of Regina; Joseph C. Fisher, West Virginia University; John Hall, University of Texas at Arlington; Mernoy E. Harrison Jr., Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix Campus; Jay Kahn, Keene State College; L. Carole Wharton, LC Wharton, LLC; and John O. White, University of California-Merced.