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Freshmen in College Residence Halls: A Study of Freshman Academic Performance at Five Liberal Arts Colleges.
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Ballou, Roger A. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 1985
Investigated how various residence hall arrangements affect the academic performance of freshmen (N=1,985) at five liberal arts colleges. Results indicated that freshman academic performance was neither positively nor negatively affected by their placement in single-sex, coed, all-freshman, or freshman and upperclass residence halls. (BL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Dormitories, Grade Point Average
An Analysis of Freshman Students' Perceptions of the Living Environment, Behavior, and Academic Achievement in the Residence Hall Systems of Twelve Colleges and Universities.
Ballou, Roger A. – 1985
At most institutions, freshmen are assigned to one of six residence hall types: freshmen-men; freshmen-women; freshmen-coed; freshmen-upperclass-men; freshmen-upperclass-women; and freshmen-upperclass-coed. In an attempt to clarify which of these residence hall arrangements most benefits freshmen, 2,200 freshmen (40 percent) attending 12 colleges…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, College Environment, College Freshmen
Freshmen in College Residence Halls: A Study of Freshman Perceptions of Residence Hall Social Climates at Ten Colleges and Universities.
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Ballou, Roger A. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 1986
Explored differences in freshman students' perceptions of college living environments across the six residence hall arrangements typically used for first-year students to learn if freshmen evaluated various aspects of their hall social climates in different ways according to whether they lived in single-sex, coed, all-freshmen, or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Freshmen, College Housing