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Luna, Andrew – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 1998
A study examined university students' satisfaction with the on-campus living environment and perceptions of the importance of 63 environmental attributes. Subjects were 1,779 students not returning to campus housing the following fall semester. Two scales were developed to measure the relationship between perceived importance and satisfaction with…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Housing, Dormitories, Group Experience
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Preston, Diane; And Others – Higher Education Review, 1992
A survey of 235 current and prospective British university students investigated the role of housing options (dormitory type, room type, density, facilities and features, services, costs) in student choice of university. Specific factors were ranked by preference. Results indicate significant differences between perceived ideals and choices made…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, College Housing, College Students
Johannesen, Rhonda – Business Officer, 1999
Colleges and universities are turning increasingly to private real estate and property management companies to boost customer satisfaction with, and income from, student housing. Issues to be considered are examined, including the market profile, facility types and needs, maintenance and housekeeping, communications technology, complementary…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Business Administration, College Administration, College Housing
Miller, Michael T.; Casebeer, Arthur L. – 1990
This study examined alumni giving as related to undergraduate involvement, student housing, academic success, and satisfaction with the education received. Two hundred alumni donors from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale's College of Education were surveyed, with a 70% response rate. The study found that alumni donors had not been as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alumni, College Housing, College Students
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Lewallen, Willard Clark – NACADA Journal, 1995
A study examined a national sample of over 20,000 college students, decided and undecided on a career, on 9 variables: persistence, college grades, full-time versus part-time enrollment, housing arrangement, honors participation, student-student academic involvement, student-student social involvement, leadership/political involvement, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Attendance Patterns, Career Choice
Foster, Susan; DeCaro, Patricia Mudgett – 1990
Findings are presented from a study of social interactions between hearing-impaired and hearing college students living on one floor of a mainstreamed residence hall at the Rochester (New York) Institute of Technology, home of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Twelve ethnographic observations were completed, and interviews were…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, College Housing, College Students, Dormitories