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Banning, James H.; Kuk, Linda – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine dissertations that were published in the U.S. during the past 5 years that related to collegiate housing. The dissertations were examined using a bounded qualitative meta-analysis approach. Each dissertation was examined using three questions: What were the methods/attributes of the research? What were the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, College Housing, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
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Ray, Darrel W.; Wandersman, Abraham – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1981
This article reviews recent literature on correctional crowding, reports a recent study on density and the recommendations made to the institution on the basis of the study, and discusses implications for policy involving this type of research. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Institutions, Dormitories, Environmental Influences
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Huston, Dorothy – National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal, 1998
Assesses student attitudes about campus safety through a student survey distributed at the residence halls of Alabama A&M University. Students answered a survey containing questions related to staff interactions with students, cleanliness, routine activities, and safety in general. Calls for student affairs professional to become more organized,…
Descriptors: College Students, Dormitories, Higher Education, School Safety
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Blimling, Gregory S. – Journal of College Student Development, 1989
Used meta-analysis to integrate and summarize the empirical research from 1966 through 1987 regarding the influence of college residence halls on the academic performance of undergraduate students in the United States. Found research did not show living in a conventional residence hall significantly influenced academic performance over living at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Housing, College Students, Dormitories
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Blimling, Gregory S. – Journal of College Student Development, 1999
Originally published in July 1989, uses meta-analysis to integrate and summarize the empirical research from 1966 through 1987 regarding the influence of college residence halls on the academic performance of undergraduate students in the United States. Results indicate that residence halls do not generally exert a major influence on students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, Dormitories, Higher Education
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Evans, Nancy J.; Broido, Ellen M. – Journal of College Student Development, 1999
Examines the coming out process experienced by 20 gay, lesbian and bisexual students in the residence halls of a major research institution. Students report how they disclosed their sexual orientation, factors influencing the process, and reactions to their disclosures. Provides recommendations for residence hall professionals. (Contains 40…
Descriptors: Bisexuality, College Environment, Dormitories, Homosexuality
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Roe, Betty – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 1979
The inherent nature of their jobs makes residence hall personnel susceptible to tort claims. While past legal rulings have been kind to staff employees, the legalistic mood of the times indicates that this situation may not continue. Significant changes legislated in recent years have increased the probability of tort actions. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: College Housing, College Students, Dormitories, Higher Education
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Miller, C. Jay; Smith, Roderick – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 1979
Discusses current role models for residence hall staffing and promotes the avuncular model rather than the in loco parentis. However, because of the students' levels of maturity, a nurturing staff model is chosen to allow students to develop individual responsibility for their behavior. (BEF)
Descriptors: College Housing, Dormitories, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship
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Stoner, Kenneth L.; Cavins, Kathryn M. – New Directions for Student Services, 2003
Many colleges and universities are faced with the problems of aging residence hall facilities. Traditional funding options are no longer viable for some institutions, and additional options are needed to address the gaps between what is required of university housing facilities, what is desired by students, and what is affordable for the…
Descriptors: College Environment, Dormitories, Educational Facilities Improvement, Facility Guidelines
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Gratto, Frederic J.; Gratto, Katherine K.; Henry, Wilma J.; Miller, Thomas E. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2002
Campus environments easily impact the ability of higher education professionals to establish campus community. Campus buildings, settings, and environment are important aspects of the development and maintenance of community. This article provides an introduction to environmental impact and one institution's approach in redesigning their Greek…
Descriptors: College Buildings, College Environment, Community Development, Dormitories
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Brower, Aaron M.; Golde, Chris M.; Allen, Caitilyn – NASPA Journal, 2003
Explores how living in a residential learning community affects drinking behaviors. Students living in three different residential learning communities were found to binge drink at significantly lower rates than did matched comparison groups who lived in another university residence hall. Further, learning community residents also suffered fewer…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Dormitories, Drinking
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Lewis, Melissa A.; Neighbors, Clayton – Journal of American College Health, 2006
College students have been shown to consistently overestimate the drinking of their peers. As a result, social norms approaches are effective in correcting these misperceived norms to reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems. In this review of literature, the authors critically evaluated the effectiveness of personalized normative…
Descriptors: Feedback, Drinking, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior
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Murray, Joseph L.; Snider, Brian R.; Midkiff, Robert M., Jr. – Journal of College Student Development, 1999
Explores the relationship between resident assistant (R.A.) training and improvement of job performance. Results indicate that while even short-term interventions can bring about favorable outcomes in R.A.s' behavior on the job, these benefits may be limited to the promotion of sound work practices, as opposed to the elimination of problematic…
Descriptors: Dormitories, Higher Education, Job Performance, Job Training
Ware, Thomas E., Jr.; Miller, Michael T. – 1997
This paper reviews the literature on the role that campus residential life plays in the life of college students. While some researchers have concluded that living on-campus or off-campus has little affect on student academic achievement (Bliming, 1989; Bowman and Partin, 1993), others have expressed that on-campus living produces students with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Housing, Dormitories, Educational Attitudes
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Conneely, James F.; Good, Claire; Perryman, Kristi – New Directions for Student Services, 2001
Provides a brief description of issues associated with the new consumer mentality prevalent in society and how it affects campus community living. Also examines issues of specific importance to housing administrators in relation to today's students and parents. (Contains 13 references.) (GCP)
Descriptors: College Housing, Dormitories, Higher Education, Parent Participation
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