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Samura, Michelle – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2018
First-year students often search for spaces in which they feel comfortable, safe, and at home. Even though existing research emphasizes the value of spaces in which college students, particularly students of color, are understood, little is known about how they navigate their search for home. Drawing upon a symbolic interactionist approach and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen, Campuses, Minority Group Students
Soria, Krista M.; Taylor, Leonard, Jr. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2016
Strengths-based approaches are expanding in higher education; however, little is known about the impacts of these approaches in housing and residence life settings. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between first-year students' strengths interactions in housing and their engagement and retention. The results suggest that…
Descriptors: On Campus Students, Campuses, College Housing, College Students
The Effects of a Roommate-Pairing Program on International Student Satisfaction and Academic Success
Tolman, Steven – Journal of International Students, 2017
While great attention has been given to the growth of international students at U.S. institutions, there is a gap in the literature examining support for this student population within residence halls. To address the gap, this quantitative study evaluated an international roommate-pairing program (IRP) by comparing the residential experience of…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Satisfaction, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Stark, Rachael H.; Anderson, Sharon K. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2016
This qualitative study explores the moral behavior in the lived experience of resident assistants who administer disciplinary policy at a large, public, urban institution located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The 12 participants volunteered to be interviewed by the first author utilizing the research question, "What is the…
Descriptors: College Students, Resident Advisers, Higher Education, Interviews
Faso, Daniel J.; Corretti, Conrad A.; Ackerman, Robert A.; Sasson, Noah J. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Although previous studies have reported that the broad autism phenotype is associated with reduced relationship quality within established relationships, understanding how this association emerges requires assessment prior to relationship development. In the present longitudinal study, college roommates with minimal familiarity prior to…
Descriptors: College Students, Autism, Longitudinal Studies, Questionnaires
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
Konvalinka, April Hicks – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This dissertation identifies the reasons why institutions of higher education pursue Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for new construction of campus housing. The research was guided by three questions: 1. Why did the institution choose to pursue LEED certification for campus housing? 2. What considerations should…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, College Housing, Facility Guidelines, Conservation (Environment)
Mirabitur, Erica; Peterson, Karen E.; Rathz, Colleen; Matlen, Stacey; Kasper, Nicole – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: We assessed whether college-student characteristics associate with food security and fruit and vegetable (FV) intake and whether these associations differ in students in housing with and without food provision. Participants: 514 randomly-sampled students from a large, Midwestern, public university in 2012 and 2013 Methods: Ordered…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Food, Eating Habits, College Housing
Montgomery, Kerrie A. – Journal of International Students, 2017
The Chinese undergraduate student population currently represents 12.8% of all international students enrolled in the United States (Institute for International Education, 2015a). In an effort to understand the experiences of this population in their first year of college in the United States, a phenomenological study was conducted using a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Student Adjustment, Phenomenology
Erb, Natalee M.; Sinclair, Matthew S.; Braxton, John M. – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2015
Fostering a sense of community should be at the center of every housing and residence life professional's efforts. Research conducted by Braxton et al. (2014) revealed that students who are able to identify with their residence hall community, interact with peers in this community, and find solidarity within the community experience an increased…
Descriptors: Dormitories, Sense of Community, Correlation, Academic Persistence
Long, Larry D.; Kujawa, Kyle – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2015
Tripling, the assignment of a third resident to a room designed for two, is a common practice at many colleges and universities across the United States. Most of the research on tripling was conducted three or four decades ago, and research exploring how living in a triple affects the educational gains and satisfaction of college students is…
Descriptors: College Students, College Housing, Space Utilization, Student Attitudes
Miele, Amy N.; Hamrick, Florence A.; Kelley, Justin W. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2018
Institutions of higher education, and more specifically residence halls within colleges and universities, pride themselves in offering and embracing a diverse community of students. A growing number of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are attending college and choosing to live on campus. While many are able to do so successfully, some…
Descriptors: College Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, On Campus Students
Utter, Mary; DeAngelo, Linda – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2015
Social integration for lateral transfer students (four-to-four-year) is promoted by a living environment that encourages learning about campus, connecting to resources, and developing peer groups. Interviews with 27 lateral transfer students revealed that those who had previously lived on campus had expectations that residence halls would provide…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Transfer Students, College Housing, Social Integration
Chambers, Sabrina – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative study was performed at a liberal arts university in the southeast United States. Thirty-nine undergraduate minority first-generation students were interviewed to acquire knowledge of their satisfaction levels with four student services: tutoring, campus housing, financial aid, and career planning. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, First Generation College Students, Student Satisfaction, Liberal Arts
Hallisey, Jacqueline N.; Harren, Vincent A.; Caple, Richard B. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the demographic and academic variables of students involved in roommate changes to determine which variables predict who will move from a room and who will stay in a room and what alternatives to current housing arrangements are selected by those who initiate the roommate changes. [This article was…
Descriptors: College Students, College Housing, Dormitories, Peer Relationship