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Bao, Mengfan; Qin, Ningyi; E, Yifeng; Qiao, Haixia; Zhuang, Pengfei; Mei, Xifan; Li, Dan – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2023
The COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted undergraduate students' experiments since their access to the laboratory is limited. To address this problem, the bacteria and detergent residues on undergraduate students' dinner plates were investigated by the students in the dormitories. Five different types of dinner plates from 50 students were collected,…
Descriptors: Microbiology, Sanitation, Undergraduate Students, Food Service
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Archibald, Robert B.; Feldman, David H. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2011
Like most schools, College of William and Mary is not shy about touting its amenities. The Webpage that advertises the college's housing and dining options begins with, "Wireless and Starbucks? Thomas Jefferson never had it this good." Advertising of this sort is a double-edged public-relations sword. Colleges and universities clearly want to…
Descriptors: Food Service, Higher Education, Campuses, Housing
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Luo, Renfu; Shi, Yaojiang; Zhang, Linxiu; Liu, Chengfang; Rozelle, Scott; Sharbono, Brian – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2009
The main goal of this paper is to document the nature of boarding schools and empirically analyse the difference in nutrition intake and malnutrition status between boarding and non-boarding students in western rural China. By using two data sets on boarding schools and boarding students in Shaanxi Province, a representative province in western…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Siblings, Boarding Schools, Nutrition
Collison, Michele N-K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
More and more colleges are building fancy residence halls and improving their grounds to stand out in an increasingly competitive market for freshmen. Colleges are also finding that they must upgrade their dining halls because students are going off campus for pizza and other fast food. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Housing, Competition, Costs, Dining Facilities
Cain, David A. – Facilities Manager, 1998
Describes how Office of Residential Life at one university met maintenance challenges facing its residential and food-service facilities. Discusses study conducted in 1992 to evaluate widespread management practices and addresses its findings, including six recommended practices. Examines development and implementation of facilities audit,…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Benchmarking, Building Operation, Dormitories
American School & University, 1999
Presents the table of contents of award winners for outstanding architectural design in educational facilities. Winning designs listed cover those for common areas, classrooms, libraries and media centers, cafeterias/food service, auditoriums, laboratories, multipurpose rooms, physical/recreational centers, residence halls, student/service…
Descriptors: Architects, Auditoriums, Awards, Classrooms
Ender, Kenneth L.; Mooney, Kathleen A. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1994
University partnerships with private industry to effect service delivery in facilities management, food services, bookstore management, parking management, arena management, housing operations, business services, safety operations, communication services, and purchasing improves the quality of these services, reduces costs, does not affect core…
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Stores, Cost Effectiveness, Dormitories