Several Institutions are investigating appropriate ways to meet the needs of those traditional aged (17 through 22 years) students who desire the experience of residential living. The purpose of this paper is to identify those elements of residential living that have proven beneficial in creating a meaningful college experience for students. The…

Examined activity patterns of college students living in residence halls (N=117) using time budget methodology. Found differences among four college classes (freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors) which seemed to form a developmental pattern. Found considerable differences among individual students. Found women spent more time in employment…

Examined whether freshmen living in residence halls achieve higher grades than nonresidence hall students. Compared mean grade point averages (GPA's) earned at the end of freshman year for 1,302 residence hall students and 740 nonresidence hall students. Results showed freshmen in residence halls achieved higher GPA's than nonresidence hall…

Investigated how various residence hall arrangements affect the academic performance of freshmen (N=1,985) at five liberal arts colleges. Results indicated that freshman academic performance was neither positively nor negatively affected by their placement in single-sex, coed, all-freshman, or freshman and upperclass residence halls. (BL)

Resident Assistants at a midwestern university answered a questionnaire on the nature and extent of their identification, confrontation, and referral of problem drinkers in the residence halls. Nearly 60 percent believed there was a problem drinker on the floor, 20.8 percent had confronted a resident about the sole issue of alcohol abuse, and 11.5…

Reports the frequency with which six different coeducational housing options were available to college students from 1967 to 1978. Various forms of coeducational housing have become increasingly available and popular. The diversity of options indicates coeducational housing is a misleading concept unless living arrangements are specifically…

Presents a model adopted by Ohio State University for use in the planning of a series of in-service training programs to be implemented by the professional programing staff and several hall directors. This systems model can be generalized to training programs other than those for resident advisors. (Author/BEF)

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,…

Explored differences in wellness behavior between students who were selected as resident assistants and those who were not selected, after accounting for influence of self-esteem, grade point average, and leadership ability. Results from 117 resident assistant applicants revealed differences in wellness behavior, as measured by Lifestyle…

This seven-campus study found that whether men and women resident assistants report to a hall director of their same or different gender makes no difference in their view of supervisory leadership, satisfaction with the leader, overall job satisfaction, or motivation to extra effort. (AUTH)

Reports on the third annual survey of college and university construction in the United States. Finds that almost $5.8 billion worth of construction was completed in 1997, and $6.3 billion will be finished in 1998. Offers information on regional construction activity, profiles of new buildings on campuses, residence hall amenities, and other data.…

Objective: The authors tested a prototype intervention designed to deter alcohol use in residence halls. Participants: Approximately 384 freshmen participated in the study over a 2-year period. Methods: The authors devised a feedback method that assessed residents' blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at night and allowed the readings to be retrieved…

The report on utilization of residence hall facilities consists of detailed data collected in the sixteenth annual survey which was conducted during the fall of 1989. The study includes all State-operated institutions which have residence hall facilities. A listing of these institutions, organized by institutional type, is provided but does not…

Determined whether student participation in relationship skills workshops held in residence halls would be associated with lasting improvement in communication between roommates. Students (N=215) were assigned to experimental or control situations. Results showed significant improvement in communication between roommates following workshop…

Surveyed 78 students to examine the nature of physical and verbal abuse experienced by students who filed judicial complaints. Verbal abuse was the most common, while 24 percent reported pranks, property damage, or physical abuse. Over one-third of the students reported being pressured to drop charges. (JAC)