Research

Asking, listening, and observing are the keys to uncovering insights. We focus on robust research and firsthand experience to lay the foundation for innovative solutions.

The Future of Learning

Our ongoing study of current trends in higher education reveals a whole new culture emerging. Technology, changing student demographics, and economics all play a role in shaping this new world.

Sustainability and Higher Education

Over the past decade, a movement has been emerging on college campuses, with an explosion of activities taking place that all fall under one immense umbrella —and its color is green. Why and how sustainability has become a major focus for colleges and universities is the theme of a series of Herman Miller articles.

Knowledge and Insights

We’re constantly adding to our understanding through research, experience, and monitoring outside sources. The more we learn, the more expertise, insights, and solutions we have to share with you.

A Pipeline for Middle-Skill Workers

While middle managers go wanting, middle-skill workers—e.g., computer support specialists and radiation therapists—are still in demand. Community colleges are responding by redoubling their efforts to teach real-world skills that are prerequisites to middle-skill jobs.

Campus IT Cultivates Its Human Side

The IT profession is putting new emphasis on people skills, especially for those who work at the intersection of education and technology. A recent roundtable we hosted suggested that campus tech teams should hone their interpersonal skills to improve their service and establish themselves as trusted advisors.

Solutions

Developing solutions for higher education is a collaborative process, much like learning itself. We work closely with customers, learning about their goals and sharing our insights before delivering a solution that fits their needs.

SIUE Wins Bronze Citation

By creating a collaborative space with flexible furnishings and seating options, Herman Miller helped this charter school engage and support students in learning. Jurors cited the design for its good use of technology, variety of collaboration/presentation spaces, and seating options within the classrooms. The design won an American School & University Educational Interiors Showcase award.

Proof

Individual people, pedagogies, and places require individual solutions to make learning as engaging as possible. Discover how Herman Miller Education has provided unique solutions for the challenges of other institutions.

K-State Olathe International Animal Health and Food Safety Institute

When work began on the $28 million, LEED certified Silver, International Animal Health and Food Safety Institute, it was groundbreaking in more ways than one: it would be the first higher education facility supported by a local tax, and the ongoing tax support would make it equivalent to one of the country’s largest endowments ever to a higher education public institution initiative.

Madonna University College of Nursing and Health

In 2011, the College began planning a renovation of some existing spaces, which would become five new Simulation Labs—a high acuity area, a birthing unit, and two patient rooms. These high-tech, innovative additions, complete with computerized “patient” manikins, give the school’s approximately 600 undergrad and graduate nursing students the opportunity to learn in lifelike hospital settings.