Carefully designed physical spaces can help students thrive in their academic and co-curricular experiences. Recent additions to five colleges and universities offer ideas to adopt or adapt. Improving campus spaces can benefit students in their overall engagement, assist in their well-being or promote belonging. A December 2022 Student Voice survey from Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse found two-thirds of students factor facilities at least somewhat into their college decisions.
Even as Amazon delays construction of the second phase of its Northern Virginia headquarters, many new residential projects are moving forward in the National Landing neighborhood.