“The Innovation
Campus: Building Better Ideas”

The title is the main idea of the article. She wants to create better campuses.

“They and their partners in industry are pouring millions into new buildings for business, engineering and applied learning that closely resemble the high-tech workplace, itself inspired by the minimally partitioned spaces of the garage and the factory.” They are spending a large amount of money to bring her ideas to reality.

“In many of the new buildings, an industrial look prevails, along with an end to privacy.”… “No one has a private office at the Bloomberg Center, the primary academic building, and opaque walls are few.” Privacy is the state of being free from public attention. Everyone has a right to their own privacy.

“You are more likely to find a garage door and a 3-D printer than book-lined offices and closed-off classrooms, more likely to huddle with peers at a round table than go to a lecture hall with seats for 100.” This reminds me of the curve room in Library South.

“Exposure to natural light itself contributes to improved workplace performance.” Some students rather sit in isolated places. There should be some evidence to back up this statement.

“There’s also much more to do with your hands than take notes in class: The need to move your body, by working on a prototype, taking the stairs or going in search of caffeine at a centralized cafe, is built in, providing breaks to let the mind wander.” Personally, I rather write notes. Writing notes help me more than hands on activities. I am also able to go back to the notes when needed.

“A thousand students applied for the 400 beds this fall, and 37 percent of the chosen are women. “It’s important to have a critical mass of women involved so women will come in,” he said. “Engineering is very heavily male, the business school is more male than female, but we are getting applicants from the fine arts, humanities and health sciences. Students have 35 to 40 different majors, and that happened pretty organically.”” It should be equally balanced.