Notes that, although institutions of higher education want diversity to reign, too many suffer fragmentation instead. Discusses how to eliminate this fragmentation, especially in college housing, by applying six principles put forth in "Campus Life: In Search of Community" and introduces notion of intercollegiate housing for women as…

Presents an opinion survey developed to assess residence hall students' opinions and as a model of comprehensive student-based research. Discusses random sample selection, survey implementation, and data analysis. Results of the survey indicated significant sex differences in attitudes about resident assistants, housekeeping, and drinking. (RC)