Ride-sharing Services and Boundary-blurring Buildings: A Vision of the Future Campus
Once upon a time, campus buildings had clearly delineated missions that rarely overlapped. As Lauren Scranton, a campus-planning expert, puts it: "This is where you sleep. This is where you go to class." That appears to be changing, and technology is often the catalyst. Look no further than what’s happening to college libraries: These days they’re designed to be social hubs as much as book repositories.