Kathleen Scholl believes that the arrangement of the University’s campus affects the way student behave and learn. But, before we get into that let’s take a step back and look into the other evidence she provides to come up with this conclusion.

Well for starters according to (Gumprecht, 2007) “Americans expect a university campus to look different than other places.” He believes that the way the school is built helps influence the academic life and role it even plays in a community aspect. This statement alone clearly pushes more responsibility on the University to make sure the upkeep of the students and community should be it’s priority at all times.

This ties us into the next issue of “green infrastructure” which according to the author should go hand-and-hand with the open space campus. With the threat of climate change raising the need for universities to take charge and make a change for the younger generation to follow in imminent according to the article as well. With points being made it should be seamlessly combined with campus building, vehicular traffic, parking facilities, etc. By preserving this type of open-spaced green infrastructure, the article claims it’ll give the college more value and quality. Not only that but may even give the sense of community to the University as well.

That falls into the another topic of the student perception of the school which is vital to the article on how the students will reach. The report claims that student knowledge of the surrounding landscape and opportunities it offers might profoundly influence the student’s campus experience significantly. Interestedly enough there is little to no evidence to back this claim whatsoever. The author even goes as far to say that it’s a “…relatively new research domain”. But, the fact that it’s included tell me that the author feels secure about the little evidence out to support her claim that open spaces help student interact more positively.

The author also pushed the notion of breaks in-between classes in either an indoor or outdoor setting. Students should take a break occasionally from the learning session. The addition of the outside infrastructure may help students relax and not stress about the material.

So, in all the author, Kathleen Scholl, believes that a balance between nature and campus would be an excellent way to help students feel at ease.