Facilities are instrumental in attracting new staff, faculty, researchers, and students. Facilities accommodate a wide variety of programs and disciplines. Facilities promote and enhance the quality of life. Facilities provide a place to gather and make new friends. Facilities offer sustenance for the body, mind, and spirit.
Facilities create a sense of place and bring to pass memories.
College and university campuses are both functionally and physically unique. In the communities where they are located, campuses emphasize high and noble endeavors while at the same time serving as a showplace for the most successful of built environments. The campus has the potential to be a direct reflection of an institution's history, mission, and accomplishments, as well as its aspirations and vision for the future. Even as the physical assets of the campus reveal the purpose and objectives toward which an institution aspires, the appearance and condition of its buildings and grounds can also be a reflection on its reputation. If an institution is judged by its outward appearance, certainly the condition and appearance of its facilities can determine the relative competitiveness of one institution as compared to another.