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Raeke, Tina; Paiewonsky, Maria; Sajadi, Shahrzad – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2020
Since 2011, Bridgewater State University (BSU) has received funds through the Massachusetts Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative (MAICEI) to support students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to attend college. This BSU-MAICEI partnership, named EXCEL (Extraordinary Expectations for Career, Education and Life), offers up…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Access to Education, Inclusion, Intellectual Disability
Katz, Philip M. – Council of Independent Colleges, 2015
Living-learning communities combine curricular, co-curricular, and residential components of college life. They are a relatively new variation on the residential education that has been part of the undergraduate experience at America's independent colleges and universities for centuries. Research suggests that living-learning communities have a…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Universities, College Students, Communities of Practice
Frost, Linda, Ed.; Kay, Lisa W., Ed.; Poe, Rachael, Ed. – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
Honors administrators spend much of their time explaining and describing what honors is and does. When they talk about what honors looks like nationally, they should have answers to the following important questions: How pervasive is the model of separate honors facilities?; How pervasive are the legendary closets that honors programs have so…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, College Housing, Educational Facilities, Dormitories
Mills, Kenneth V. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2015
The College of the Holy Cross offers a universal first-year program called Montserrat, in which first-year students participate in a living-learning experience anchored by a yearlong seminar course. The seminar courses are part of a thematic cluster of four to eight courses; students in the cluster live together in a common dormitory and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biochemistry, Seminars, Pharmaceutical Education
Agron, Joe – American School & University, 2009
Even in difficult economic times, colleges and universities continue to invest in residence hall construction projects as a way to attract new students and keep existing ones on campus. According to data from "American School & University"'s 20th annual Residence Hall Construction Report, the median new project completed in 2008 was…
Descriptors: Dormitories, College Housing, Construction (Process), Costs
Humphreys, Henry J., III. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Colleges and universities in the United States are currently in the midst of a debate on how to integrate students' academic and social lives in a manner similar to the centuries old model of Oxford and Cambridge. One of the major initiatives by colleges and universities is the re-establishment of residentially-based learning communities whose use…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Honors Curriculum, Private Colleges
Progressive Architecture, 1973
At a small, old New England college, a large, new dormitory respects living patterns that have been established on campus for almost 200 years. (Author)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, College Housing, Dormitories
CRAWLEY, WILLIAM J.; WOTRUBA, RICHARD T. – 1967
IN ORDER TO INSURE THAT ONLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CAPABLE OF FACILITATING POSITIVE GROWTH WITHIN OTHERS ARE CHOSEN AS RESIDENT ASSISTANTS (RA), IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO USE A METHOD OF SELECTION THAT IS AS SCIENTIFIC AS POSSIBLE. THE PROBLEM WAS TO SEE HOW THE DEAN OF MEN'S OFFICE (DMO) SELECTIONS COMPARED WITH THE PEER-IDENTIFIED LEADERS…
Descriptors: College Students, Dormitories, Peer Acceptance, Resident Assistants
Morton, David – Progressive Architecture, 1975
When administrators at Worcester State College decided to build student housing at their formerly all-commuter school, they took pains to involve students and faculty in planning the project. The result was a 500-student village, comprised of 26 different "houses," which has proved very popular with students. (JG)
Descriptors: Architecture, College Housing, Design Preferences, Dormitories
Hill, Christopher – Planning for Higher Education, 2004
In an effort to attract the best and brightest undergraduate students, administrators at U.S. colleges and universities are beginning to leverage their physical facilities as major assets. Academic institutions across the country are launching ambitious, long-term programs that include the construction and renovation of academic buildings. They…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Campuses, Dormitories, College Housing
Zeller, William J., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
Residence life programs play a key role in recruiting students, helping them make a successful transition to a new institution, and in retaining them, whether students are enrolling for the first time, transferring from another institution, or entering graduate school. Chapters in this book address theories of learning and development, new…
Descriptors: College Housing, Dormitories, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen
Wernick, Laura – DesignShare (NJ1), 2005
This article describes the Media and Technology Charter High School (MATCH) in Boston, MA. MATCH had the highest overall pass rate of any comparable Boston high school: 89 percent of the class of 2005 passed both the English and math MCAS. That's not only 37 points higher than the Boston district average; it is 14 points better than the statewide…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, High Schools, Urban Schools, Academic Achievement
Marcell, Kristin; Agyeman, Julian; Rappaport, Ann – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2004
A community-based social marketing (CBSM) campaign to reduce student electricity use and greenhouse gas emissions was undertaken at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Social marketing methods follow a commercial marketing model and involve market research into the planning, pricing, communication, distribution, and evaluation of methods…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Energy Conservation, Marketing, Behavior Change
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This March 26, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Going Over the Falls" (Brady, John N.); (2) "Lessons in Departmental…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, Colleges, Dormitories, Foreign Countries