The corporate world is rife with examples of offices implementing standing desks, which are said to promote better circulation, burn more calories and result in insulin effectiveness. We take a look at what happened when the Flagler School District tackled this trend and piloted Ergotron LearnFit standing desks.
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When considering security methods, campuses must be familiar with the code requirements that are in place to protect students, staff members and other occupants. The major codes colleges need to focus on entail life safety, fire protection, electrified hardware, and more. Even though they are lengthy, these codes are put in place to impact the devices used to secure doors. An understanding of the codes will help to ensure the selection of code-compliant security methods.
When switching form analog to digital, it’s important schools have a security migration plan. This ensures new systems interoperate and that infrastructure needs are taken into account.
When colleges don’t know how to react to or support their students’ social media usage, the relationship sours between the two. One example of this is found in the case of the University of Tulsa, where one student was suspended for Facebook comments that he was tagged in, but did not post himself. Freedom of expression expert Will Creeley from the Foundation for Individual Rights Education weighs in on college students’ expression on social media and how colleges can support students’ self-expression. He also offers tips to increase this support, which include keeping negative comments about a college on social media public, encouraging a conversation between college administrators and students about social media, and learning from other colleges’ mistakes with social media.
The Defined STEM platforms allows Ohio schools to introduce STEM concepts to students at all grade levels and across all subjects.
Colleges looking for new ways to reach students, faculty and staff should look into internal communications strategies, including digital signage.
When TriZetto decided to build an Executive Briefing Center for client presentation and collaboration, they needed a solution that could keep them secure. Mersive helped cater their Solstice solution to meet all of TriZetto’s needs.
Even though he works in the K-12 space, Chris Wynn shares his expertise on security systems, and how they can benefit college campuses. In a Q&A with HigherEdTD, Wynn talks about his law enforcement background, the types of security systems schools can have, access control tips, who should be involved in selecting security systems and suggestions on how to pick the security system that best fits a school’s needs.
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