Thought Leaders Report 2008: The Challenges of Demographic Changes and Accountability to Campus Facilities [PDF]

Two of the most important issues facing higher education in the next decade are changing demographics and growing demands for accountability. Demographic shifts will affect both the student population and the workforce, and universities need to respond to the demands of new generations and ethnic groups. At the same time, the call for accountability in higher education only continues to grow.  This is the report of APPA's third annual Thought Leaders symposium, sponsored in part by Jacobs.

Top Facilities Issues:

1. Improving accountability
2. Planning for workforce changes
3. Becoming the workplace of choice
4. Integrating sustainability into total operations
5. Implementing total cost of ownership (TCO) practices
6. Making facilities a strategic partner with university leadership
7. Leading change