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- Written by: Tatiana Morand | Personify-Wild Apricot
As any nonprofit leader knows, a strong board of directors is critical to an organization’s success and long-term resilience.
Beyond fulfilling a legal requirement, an effective nonprofit board also plays an important role in an organization’s governance – for example, by overseeing CEO evaluations and succession planning, providing financial oversight and recruiting new board members – and can help guide strategy, contribute to fundraising efforts and much more.
Read more: How to Build an Effective Nonprofit Board: The Complete Guide
- Written by: Harvey Silverman
Some house corporations may face a time when the active chapter charter is suspended by the general fraternity. This event leaves the house corporation with assets that must be managed without an active chapter to pay the carrying costs. There are typically both funds and real estate to deal with.
- Written by: JJ Smith | National Apartment Association
Safety and security are top considerations for parents when choosing housing options.
Safety and security rank as one of the top considerations for parents when choosing housing options for their college-bound children. So, it’s no surprise that plans for security protocols in student housing developments begin as soon as architectural designs are finalized. And just like market-rate apartment developers, student housing developers are always evaluating how the various security solutions available can be tailored to specific projects and markets.
- Written by: By Jim Lantrip, Frank Spano, JD
Current campus safety concerns include threats of terrorism, mass shootings, the pandemic, stalking, student mental health, assault and more. Schools have to remain diligent in order to keep students and faculty members safe. The responsibilities of campus security officials have always been substantial but they are even more distinct in the modern era. As campus safety continues to be a major concern moving forward, new technologies are being developed and upgraded that help security professionals effectively support and safeguard campus communities.
Read more: Clery Act’s Ongoing Impact on Technology on Campus
- Written by: Bruce Canal
The human brain doesn’t reach full maturity until around age 25. High school and college students may have bodies that resemble young adults, but there’s sometimes a disconnect between their physical appearance and behavior. Impulse control and judgment are often lacking. It’s not surprising, then, that the types of outdoor security threats that most commonly plague educational campuses are different than what we find in other public spaces. Of course, there is a fair share of theft and petty crimes, but the more prevalent issues fall into two categories:
Read more: Securing Outdoor Campus Spaces with Help from New Technologies
- Written by: By Audrey Williams June | The Chronicle of Higher Education
New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center provides a somber final tally of total college enrollment in the fall of 2021: It dropped 2.7 percent from a year earlier, a decline of 476,100 students.
Read more: Fall’s Final Enrollment Count Is In. Colleges Lost More Than 475,000 Students.
- Written by: Paul C. Hutton | Cunningham for spaces4learning
High-performing, energy-efficient school facilities can serve a foundational role in uplifting students, staff and the greater community over the long term.
That said, complex environmental control systems are often implemented to achieve building performance goals related to energy efficiency and utility costs. These systems must be diligently maintained, or else they risk a decline in energy performance and an uptick in utility costs.
This upkeep requires a significant additional investment of finances and time, which most school districts (especially rural and small ones) do not have available to them.
The good news is that the solution for some facilities – depending on size, location and available resources – might be born out of the strategic implementation of a concept originating nearly 50 years ago: Passive House.
Read more: Future-Proofing Educational Facilities: The Passive House Design Solution