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Amiya Fulton – Online Submission, 2024
The Resident Assistant (RA) role is unlike any other student position in the university setting. It is complicated, nuanced, and increasingly complex as the needs and expectations of residents and RAs rapidly change in a post-pandemic era of residence life. The role itself has been forced to evolve to address these changing needs. This thesis…
Descriptors: College Students, Resident Advisers, Role, Responsibility
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Dale M. McCartney; Amy Scott Metcalfe; Gerardo L. Blanco; Roshni Kumari – History of Education Quarterly, 2024
The University of British Columbia (UBC) opened Canada's first International House (I-House) in 1959 after a decade of activism from students and faculty. Students had demanded an I-House to help them find housing, and to ensure that "brotherhood may prevail," as the I-House motto promised. The I-House campaign received support from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Foreign Students, College Housing
Martin Blakey – Higher Education Policy Institute, 2024
This Policy Note explains the changes in the student accommodation market that have led to higher rents. Following the recent announcement that the maximum maintenance loan in England will increase by only 2.5% in 2024/25 and the fact that rents have been rising faster than maintenance support, this report outlines a possible a new approach,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Student Recruitment