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TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Resources and References
Promoting Physical Distance, Not
Social Distance | EdSpaces Insights
Reframing the Value of Higher Education New Student Needs / New Faculty Needs Need to Adapt and Test New Models The Cliff One Workplace | The Classroom as
Ecosystem
Many institutions have seen a pattern of Students have new and heightened needs, The pandemic kicked off a time of rapid The United Nations projects that the births
shrinking enrollment numbers over the past they need better access to support. development to meet new and emerging in the US will decline by 22% in the next 50
year. Recent polls have shown that both Beyond financial constraints, students have needs and respond to an evolving world years. That decline is projected to cause a Higher Ed Magazine | The Looming
returning students and incoming freshmen struggled over the past year with academic context. Spaces are needed on campus to 15% reduction in college student population Higher Ed Enrollment Cliff
are increasingly questioning Higher support, connecting with faculty, forming test and prototype new models of teaching by 2025 with continued decline in the
Education’s value. This is an opportunity to peer study groups, finding counseling and and learning, to engage the community in years after. While the impact is expected
reframe and reinforce Higher Education’s accessing health services. Campuses can new ways and find strategic partnerships. to vary greatly depending on geographic The Hechinger Report | College
value by addressing the new and evolving leverage technology to provide students Sustaining a culture of creativity and location and across various models of Student Population Predicted to Fall by
needs and interests of future students and a roadmap to campus services and can innovation require new types of learning higher ed institutions, the effects will be 15% by 2025
quickly adapting to a time of significant connect them to peer mentors and support and working environments. broadly felt. Underutilized buildings will
change to address the pressing issues facing networks. Faculty must be given additional create opportunities for public-private
the world today. support to address increased demands and partnerships, creative space use and New York Times | Interest Surges in
hybrid learning approaches. This could opportunities to bring in community use. Top Colleges, While Struggling Ones
include prototyping labs, learning labs, Demand for elite institutions is projected to Scrape for Applicants
The Hybrid Model is Here to Stay hybrid workspaces, hybrid meeting spaces continue to rise, causing a greater disparity
and tech support and training. in needs and resources.
If there was one consensus among the
educators we talked to, the hybrid model Changing Metrics Technology for Human Needs
is here to stay. Teaching and learning Learning is Social
environments must be configured to allow “Given the radical disruption of
for those engaging in classes, meetings, and Social learning is fundamental to the college Human-centered design shifts the focus Emerging technologies provide the COVID requiring a transition to virtual
study groups remotely to feel integrated experience. Those who learn in groups to delivering the best possible learning opportunity to create spaces that can learning (eg. Zoom formats), how can
into the experience. Microphones, cameras, are more likely to work through tough experience. With online learning being actively adapt to student and faculty needs. we use these new virtual formats in
and speakers can be distributed to provide a problems and will be more engaged in the able to alleviate the demands on space use Sensors and online scheduling software can new innovative ways that sustain and
sense of the space’s ambient nature to those material. Campus environments need to across campus, there is an opportunity track classroom use. Other sensors may builds relationships?”
joining remotely. New technology platforms promote connection and collaboration and to adapt existing spaces to promote track user preference in terms of climate,
are emerging to make both in-person and learning environments should be adapted connection, social interaction and to provide daylight, room set-up and air quality. The Dr Ellen Junn
remote learning more socially interactive. to promote social learning at a variety of students with unique experiences. potential is enormous, and so are the President CSU Stanislaus
Faculty need more support and training to scales. potential ethical and privacy issues.
adapt to new models.
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