Space planners can directly enhance the student experience by improving the space for accessibility, collaboration and what some call "the new campus experience."
Since 2012 there have been more college closures in the United States than in the previous 40 years combined. Almost 600 schools have disappeared, the vast majority of them private institutions.
We need to redesign higher education as an experience that helps students harmonize education, work and family—instead of pitting them against each other.
Improving the student accounts process sounds about as sexy as a root canal, which is part of why so many institutions have avoided upgrading processes that could earn thousands or even millions in lost revenue.
