Addressing Georgia’s Critica Needs:

Georgia Perimeter College

Critica needs in Georgia incude increasing access to higher education, supporting economic growth, conserving resources andenerg, providing and retaining quait educators, and meeting thedemand or educated heathcare proessionas. Responding to these needs, Georgia Perimeter Coege pans to expand cassroomand aborator space beginning with its Dunwood Campus.Between now and the ear 2020, the north arc o metropoitanAtanta is projected to experience the argest higher educationpopuation growth. Wide acnowedged as one o the bestpaces to ive in Georgia, the Peachtree-Dunwood corridor, whichincudes the cit o Dunwood, is home to the argest number o corporate headquarters in metropoitan Atanta and aso has theargest concentration o medica and heathcare providers in thestate. Dunwood’s vita business environment, quait o ie, and the reputation o Georgia Perimeter Coege graduates are goodreasons to stud and ive there.Over the past three ears, Georgia Perimeter Coege hasexperienced unprecedented growth as more Georgian’s than ever have pursued higher education. With an enroment approaching25,000 students, Georgia Perimeter Coege is the third argestinstitution o higher education in the state o Georgia and with380,000 aumni is the major pathwa to higher education inGeorgia. This increased demand or higher education is critica or Georgia’s uture and is projected to continue beond 2020.In order to meet this increased demand, Georgia Perimeter Coege has creative expanded the course oerings and aciitiesutiization at a time o decreased unding. However, the use o existing resources has reached the tipping point where enromentgrowth wi be imited without new cassroom aciities and undingor instructiona technoog. Pans to support the increaseddemand or higher education on the Dunwood campus wi ocuson responding to Georgia’s most critica needs and supporting thearea’s demand or educated heathcare empoees, incuding dentahgienists and nurses, with the nowedge and sis the require.Envisioned in two phases, Georgia Perimeter Coege has panned two academic buidings and two paring decs, see fgure 1.1.These structures are designed to be environmenta riend with an emphasis on the use o mass transportation, waing, andbiing. The frst phase cas or a new 120,000 square eet, $28.6miion cassroom buiding with an improved egress to Womac and Ti Mi Roads. The Universit Sstem o Georgia and GeorgiaPerimeter Coege are current competing the design stage andwi be read to enter the construction stage ear in fsca ear 2011.Georgia Perimeter Coege is poised to better serve the growingnumber o students in the Dunwood and North Atanta servicearea b providing high needed educationa programs, advancing the sis o existing empoees, and supporting Atanta’s growingheathcare needs. Expansion o Georgia Perimeter Coege’saciities is critica in meeting the needs o Georgia’s citizens,businesses, and economic growth.

Figure 1.1Georgia Perimeter College, Dunwoody Campus plans to meet Georgia’s most critical needs by addressing access to higher education, supporting Georgia’s economic growth, and meeting demands for educated and skilled employees.