Ideas / Research & Design / 7.27.2015

Comparing Campuses 2015: 50 Years of Higher Education

The year 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the Society for College and University Planning’s Annual International Conference. Since 1998, Ayers Saint Gross has unveiled our annual Comparing Campuses posters at the conference depicting physical campus forms telling a rich story that echoes the ebbs and flows of economic, pedagogical and research directions.

While we have historically focused on physical characteristics, we are broadening our perspective to look at both physical and statistical data that illustrate the dramatic changes that have occurred over the past 50 years. Where were we in 1965? Where are we going today? Some of these statistics such as enrollment rates are well-known but deserve another look to validate progress. Others such as gender and diversity hint at a shifting societal role of post-secondary education that is evolving.

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Comparing Campuses 2015: 50 Years of Higher Education

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