Thought Leaders Report 2011: Workplace Demographics and Technology: Challenges and Opportunities to the Campus Mission [PDF]

The 2011 Thought Leaders Symposium, sponsored in part by UGL Services and Jacobs, identified major issues confronting higher education (both current and projected), and identified the top critical facilities issues affecting the campus environment.

Top Facilities Issues:

1. Establish a culture of innovation and collaboration
2. Improve productivity with level or decreasing resources
3. Leverage technology to improve decision making
4. Align IT and facilities
5. Create a new budget model for IT and facilities
6. Confront shifting workforce demographics
7. Increase the flexibility of the workforce
8. Make smart decisions about outsourcing
9. Improve emergency preparedness
10. Manage the existing built environment