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"APPA's Center for Facilities Research Continues to Grow"
Author: Kinnaman, Maggie, and Gary L. Reynolds
Published In: Facilities Manager
Date: May/June 2005

Reviews the goals and importance of CFaR, which was established to organize and consolidate research on facilities management issues concerning educational facilities. Covers the history of CFaR, which was created in 2002 by the APPA Board of Directors. Describes completed CFaR projects (Workplace Violence in Higher Education; Implementing the Capital Plan, Where Do You Lead From? and Traversing the Culture Continuum) and active CFaR projects (Building the Learning Environment through Strategic Investment; Effect of Educational Facilities on Recruitment and Retention of Students; Structuring In-House Construction Rates in Colleges and Universities; Facility Condition Index as a Measure of the Conditions of Public Universities in the U.S. as Perceived by End Users; Facilities Reinvestment; Effect of Facility Condition Index on NSF-Funded Research Grants in Higher Education; and Negotiating Win-Win A/E Professional Services Agreements).

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