More use could be made of the college residence hall as a learning laboratory. Residence hall programs can facilitate cultural and psychological growth. At Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y., a questionnaire was devised to survey student, faculty, and administrative needs relating to residence hall activities. Using the results of the survey, these…

This program was devised in an attempt to train more effective resident advisors for the 1972-73 school year at a dormitory at California State University. The special characteristics of the dormitory--racially mixed and discordant--seemed to indicate a need for a special kind of resident advisor training program, one that attempted to better…

The author reviews a number of research studies in the area of housing and suggests that the assessment of the impact of environmental factors on student academic performance is difficult to ascertain. (Author/HLM)