Persis C. Rickes

Rickes Associates is a data-driven and solution-oriented higher education space planning and programming firm. Nationally recognized, we are wholly and exclusively higher education planners, committed to ensuring that institutional space resources are effectively and efficiently allocated. With our focused expertise and deep experience, we have served as a trusted advisor and change agent for more than 225 colleges and universities on over 400 planning projects. Our projects encompass optimizing existing space, quantifying future space needs, and aligning instructional space with evolving pedagogies. As higher education futurists, our work is grounded in a holistic understanding of the dynamic forces shaping space and transforming higher education institutions.