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Cain, Timothy Reese; Dier, Rachael – History of Education Quarterly, 2020
Pivoting around two sit-ins at the University of Georgia, this article examines student activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the US South. The first sit-in, at the conclusion of the spring 1968 March for Coed Equality, was part of the effort to overcome parietal rules that significantly restricted women's rights but left men relatively…
Descriptors: Activism, Feminism, Females, Dormitories
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Watson, Lesley; Johnson, Cathryn; Hegtvedt, Karen A.; Parris, Christie L. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of living in "green" dorms on students' environmentally responsible behaviors (ERBs), in concert with other factors, including individual identity and social context in the form of behavior modeling by peers. Design/methodology/approach: The sample of 243 consists of students…
Descriptors: Dormitories, Sustainability, Conservation (Environment), Student Behavior
Fickes, Michael – College Planning & Management, 1999
Discusses the financial strengths universities possess that can help them provide privatized on-campus housing that benefits the school and students while allowing a profit to the developer. Georgia's success in establishing a financial structure to develop apartment-style student housing that would allow no recourse against the state or affect…
Descriptors: Dormitories, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Improvement, Financial Needs