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The report
addresses ways in which the universities can better manage the existing space on their
main campuses. Currently, each university uses classrooms, on average, less than 60
percent of each day. Not only does this use fall below the Board of Regents’ current
guidelines regarding utilization of classroom space, but these guidelines may themselves
be set too low to ensure classrooms are adequately used. The report recommends that the
Board of Regents continue their efforts to develop new classroom utilization standards and
hold the universities accountable for increasing their use of classroom space. The report
also recommends that as the universities take steps to increase classroom use, they should
focus on some of the most expensive rooms, those equipped with instructional technology,
which are also underutilized. One way to improve classroom use would be for the
universities to schedule more classes through central scheduling offices and more fully
automate their scheduling function. The universities can also adopt new practices, such as
space audits, to help improve utilization.
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