CAMPUS STRATEGY & ANALYTICS

DATA-INFORMED SOLUTIONS FOR STRATEGIC, ACADEMIC, AND PHYSICAL CAMPUS PLANNING

The higher education landscape is evolving rapidly in response to a declining student population and post pandemic societal change including changing pedagogies, remote and hybrid teaching and learning and a change in focus on student needs. Institutions are reevaluating the way in which the physical environment supports students, faculty and staff. Our Campus Strategy & Analytics team aims to connect space with strategy, whether your institution is facing growth, repositioning or reaching for new strategic goals.

CONNECTING SPACE WITH STRATEGY

We turn data into information to inform strategy with the following outcomes:

Understand the use and distribution of existing space
Optimize the balance of space typologies
Enable greater flexibility over time
Increase recruiting and recruitment potential
Foster synergistic cross-disciplinary collaboration
Improve wellness and student experience
Address deferred maintenance liabilities
Identify operational changes necessary to ensure space optimization

GOOD DATA INFORMS GOOD DECISION MAKING

SmithGroup provides tailored solutions to inform institutional leadership as they guide fulfillment of strategic, academic and physical planning goals. Not all solutions are addressed through reallocation of space or the construction of new space. We advise on ways in which policies and scheduling practices can improve usage and better align available resources with needs.

Our experience ranges from individual plans to campuswide studies, from single campuses to statewide systems. Specialized tools allow us to analyze and present data-informed solutions for our clients.

Chapman Unviersity CS&A Page — An interactive space utilization dashboard allows universities to optimize instructional space across a building or an entire campus.

“The final report and associated data we received are excellent tools that will help inform our future planning efforts. Overall, the SmithGroup team brought valuable national perspectives of the planning field to our campus and were great allies while we took steps towards our strategic future and space goals.”

^{Christy Jordan, Executive Director, Campus Planning and Space Management, Boise State University}