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Part 5.5 Keck Consultations

Advice on How to Survive in Less-than-Adequate Facilities The Keck/PKAL Consultation Program: A university in the northeast recognized that new spaces for science were many years away and looked for advice on how to survive in the short-term in less-than-adequate facilities.
Bringing the Sciences into the Spotlight The Keck/PKAL Consultation Program: This report from a Keck/PKAL consultant team contains advice on how to "restart" a stalled facilities planning process, including recommendations for faculty, the advancement office, the president, division heads, and alumni.
Constructing New Facilities- One Step at a Time The Keck/PKAL Consultation Program: The president of this small, private, mid-Atlantic college requested the consulting team come to campus to help a standing committee determine whether the current science building could be renovated or if a new facility is needed. The team determined a phased project-one in which additions to the existing structure are completed as funding is made available-suited the needs of the college. They also made design recommendations for the future facility.
Counsel at an Early Stage of Facilities Planning The Keck/PKAL Consultation Program: On this campus, the Keck/PKAL consultants recognized that the community had moved too quickly to consider new facilities. They recommended a significant ‘step-back’ from thinking about spaces and suggested that a first step in the process of successful facilities planning was to have a broad consensus on goals.
New Facilities for Community Colleges The Keck/PKAL Consultation program: The consulting team was invited by the chair of natural sciences to review the need for new science facilities at this community college in the southwest. The college has a history of providing training in technical areas. However, the transfer of students to baccalaureate campuses will become a prominent part of their mission as more students attend community colleges for their first two years of study.
Not Ready for Construction? Take these Steps First The Keck/PKAL Consultation Program: There are many ways to improve an undergraduate science program. Upgrading scientific equipment, changing pedagogy, engaging in faculty development, providing summer research opportunities and renovating or enlarging facilities can all play an important role in program development.
Planning an Addition to Your Facility The Keck/PKAL Consultation Program: This private university in the south is ready to begin the planning process for renovating and constructing an addition to the existing bioscience facility. Several planning stages must be passed through before construction can begin, but the consultant team agreed the university is ready to begin the process.
Preliminary Steps for Facility Renovation The Keck/PKAL Consultation Program: This small, midwestern liberal arts college wishes to renovate their current science facility, but they need assistance in planning for new spaces. The college wishes to renovate the science hall that houses the biology, chemistry, math, computer science and physics departments.
Ready for Facility Construction? Develop an Institutional Vision The Keck/PKAL Consultation Program: This private, liberal arts college located in the northeast revised their science curriculum with success. Now, they wish to construct state-of-the-art facilities to complement their curricular revisions. They realized the construction process begins with coordinated planning efforts and faculty collaboration.
Sustaining Commitment to Facilities Planning The Keck/PKAL Consultation Program: One southern campus had been engaged in a ‘fits and starts’ approach to thinking about new spaces, and needed help in thinking about ways to maintain the current momentum.
The Basics of Facility Construction The Keck/PKAL Consultation Program: This small college on the west coast wishes to construct a new science facility. The consultants concluded that the college should develop comprehensive plans, establish working relationships within the campus and between the campus and the surrounding community, design the facility to accommodate trends in science education and adequately prepare to finance this large-scale project.