The Time Is Now to Create High-Performing Faculty Spaces

Originally published by Spaces4Learning.com
Written by Kevin Klier, Senior EVP & General Manager, dancker

The Time Is Now to Create High-Performing Faculty Spaces

Excerpt: Increasingly, leading institutions are recognizing that the time is now to focus on workspaces that allow their faculty members to perform research and other academic activities effectively while simultaneously nurturing meaningful relationships with their students.

Today’s knowledge economy and the redefined skills needed for tomorrow’s workforce have led colleges and universities around the world to shift to a more 21st-century learning model in which education spaces support active learning.

But what about the faculty who teach those students? Like the spaces in which they teach, faculty members have seen their work evolve to include a wide range of different responsibilities, pedagogies, and tools. For the most part, though, faculty workspaces have been a low priority on the campus and have remained largely ignored… at least until recently.

Increasingly, leading institutions are recognizing that the time is now to focus on workspaces that allow their faculty members to perform research and other academic activities effectively while simultaneously nurturing meaningful relationships with their students. These institutions are searching for a balance that enables them to develop faculty spaces that are as high-performing as the people who work within them.

Current State of the Faculty Office

For as long as most of us can remember, the basic form and function of faculty workspaces have remained the same. Typically, the faculty office is little more than a small, private space which allows professors to focus on their research and advise their students.

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