Despite rising tuition and cutbacks in government aid, a college education is still a blue chip investment. Graduates between 25 and 34 years old with a bachelor’s degree are more likely to be employed, and they earn a median income of 64 percent more than their cohort with only a high school diploma. About 20 million students are enrolled in American colleges and universities this fall, 5 million more than at the turn of the millennium.
To keep up with growth and embrace new fields of study, colleges and universities continue to build. And as administrators and boards of trustees know, the quality of facilities is key to competing for the best students and the best minds to teach them. In the following pages, record explores new collegiate architecture and how it reflects the innovative programs and shifting priorities of academia.
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