3 ways to increase the use of centrally scheduled classrooms

Institutions with centralized classroom scheduling are more likely to see higher room utilization rates and require fewer classrooms than institutions with decentralized scheduling processes.

According to a recent space study, department-controlled classrooms hold an average nine classes per semester, while centrally controlled classrooms hold 13—almost 50% more. Central scheduling also has a meaningful impact on overall space efficiency. Institutions with central scheduling have on average 17% less space per student than those without it.

To better improve classroom utilization, institutions should incent colleges and departments to return classrooms to a central scheduling pool. We talked to three institutions that used space incentives to successfully increase the number of centrally scheduled classrooms.

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