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Welcome to the your Space Analytics Resources Hub for higher education. Explore practical insights on higher ed space analytics, occupancy analytics, and higher education space planning, with guides, benchmarks, and real campus examples built for facilities teams, campus planners, and IT leaders.

Whether you’re optimizing classroom utilization, improving facilities planning, or making smarter campus analytics decisions, you’ll find clear, actionable takeaways that help you move from questions to confident next steps.

 

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10 Lessons From My First Year at CampusIQ

by Alyson Goff, Senior Director of Insights and Strategy When I stepped into this role a year ago, I didn’t come in...
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Why Accurate Space Inventories are the Most Overlooked Risk—And Opportunity—On Today's Campuses

By Alyson Goff, CampusIQ Senior Director of Insights and Strategy Most institutions think they have a handle on their...
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Inside CampusIQ’s Customer Advisory Board: How Collaboration Shapes the Future of Space Intelligence in Higher Education

by Veena Vadgama, CampusIQ Chief Marketing Officer Higher education is in the middle of a fundamental shift — in how...
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When Critiques Become the Very Thing They Critique: A Response to EAB’s Post on Space Utilization Reports

By Aaron Benz, Founder, CampusIQ Over the last few days, no fewer than five people have asked me what I thought about...
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Renovate, Repurpose, Rethink: What Higher Ed Space Leaders are Focusing on Next

By Veena Vadgama, Chief Marketing Officer, CampusIQ When you bring together the people who literally run higher...
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APPA Webinar: A Living System for a Changing Campus: University of Kentucky’s Space Playbook

Hosted by APPA | Featuring CampusIQ + University of Kentucky Watch the full webinar replay: Vimeo link When budgets are...

Welcome to Bow-Tie Tuesdays

Bow-Tie Tuesday is CampusIQ’s weekly video series (every Tuesday) featuring candid conversations and sharp insights on higher education and campus analytics. Hear from CampusIQ leaders—including our founder/CEO—and guest experts across space planning, facilities, and smart campus teams (not just customers, by design). Expect practical takeaways, fresh perspectives, and real talk on what’s changing in higher ed—and what to do about it. 

 

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2025 Higher Ed Space & Occupancy Analytics: Big Wins & Lessons | CampusIQ

BTT Video - 12-16-2025 [00:00:00] [00:00:00] Veena Vadgama: Restrooms, temperature settings. Data analysis, privacy...
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Rethinking Post Occupancy Evaluations in Higher Ed: Insights with Shannon Dowling

[00:00:00] Alyson Goff: Hi. Welcome to another Bow Tie Tuesday. Today we bring you part two of my conversation with...
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When Design Strategy Meets Occupancy Analytics: A Conversation with Shannon Dowling

[00:00:00] Alyson Goff: We've spent years collecting space data, but what if we have been asking the wrong questions?...
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Rebuilding Space Management at the University of Washington: Higher Ed Space & Occupancy Analytics

Alyson Goff: Welcome to another Bow Tie Tuesday. If your institution is trying to get its arms around space management,...
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How Augusta University Reached 97% Lab Utilization | Research Space Analytics

[00:00:00] Aaron Benz: Welcome to another Bow Tie Tuesday. Today I am pleased, uh, to be joined by Barbara...
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Watch Page: FromWatch Page Renewal to Reinvention: How the University of Missouri Is Using Technology to Shape What Comes Next

Gerald Morgan: [00:00:00] The other thing we're looking at is, uh, classroom space. We, you know, we've, we've had the...

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