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November 29, 2023
Navigating Higher Education’s Evolution: Exploring of Trends and Strategies for Facility Adaptation
A data-driven, nuanced approach to facility adaptation in higher ed is imperative for institutions seeking to thrive in a rapidly changing environment. This blog post delves into the statistics underpinning current higher ed trends and provides an extensive examination of actionable strategies for effective facility adaptation.
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October 12, 2023
Seven Surprising Space Usage Trends for Colleges and Universities
In this whitepaper, brightspot, Buro Happold, and the occupancy monitoring company Occuspace share seven insights to help higher education leaders better plan and operate their facilities using anonymized data from 38 universities and higher ed occupancy trends.
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September 5, 2023
Lessons on Consensus-Building, Data Analysis, and Decision-Making from Recent Projects
In this post, we provide an overview of a recent set of projects we’ve completed that provide answers to questions of alignment, analysis, and decision-making in higher ed planning projects.
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May 24, 2023
How Professional School Facilities Are Changing
In this blog post, we examine seven trends reshaping professional schools (and higher ed generally), and how to plan for them.
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July 28, 2021
2021 Campus Facilities Inventory Report
Learn more about the 2021 Campus Facilities Inventory, a revealing survey of 88 higher-education institutions across the country who shared data on their buildings, as well as recent and planned changes to their facilities.
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June 24, 2021
Space Changes on the Post-Pandemic Campus
How will campuses change post-pandemic? Based on roundtable discussions and interviews with dozens of colleges and universities, read about 12 detailed changes coming soon to a campus near you.
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September 15, 2020
How COVID-19 is Creating Phygital Experiences with Technology as the Interface Between People and Space
COVID-19 has made technology an even more important interface between people and space, enabling them to have safer and satisfying experiences that are a hybrid of physical and digital – phygital. In this article, we’ll outline the role of technology in phygital experiences, examples of technology fulfilling these roles, the benefits, and how user journeys have changed as a result.
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August 17, 2020
The Connected Campus
brightspot and Knoll – with the help of nine innovators across the spectrum of higher education – have reflected on where colleges and universities have been and where they are going. We’ve imagined a future in which their offerings, operations, and organizations are better connected so they can not only survive but thrive.
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June 5, 2020
The 6 P’s of Reopening your Campus Post-COVID-19: A Conversation with NYU Shanghai’s David Pe
Having resumed the spring semester in-person, Chinese universities serve as a window into what reopening might look like. brightspot sat down with New York University Shanghai’s Dean of Students, David Pe, to discuss their process and implementation for reopening their Pudong, Shanghai campus in early May 2020.
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June 4, 2020
How Professional School Leaders Thought About Reopening for Fall 2020
brightspot spoke with professional school leaders from higher education institutions across the country to learn how they are thinking about the fall.
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