Postoccupancy evaluation of three dormitories at Bennington College. (MLF)

Describes the Western Ridge Residence at Colorado College and Beard Hall at Wheaton College. The buildings feature multiple levels that take advantage of views and also help create a "homey" feeling. (EV)

Describes how Portland State University brought broadband into its older residence halls using Long-Reach Ethernet, a technology that delivers high bandwidth across the unconditioned telephone-grade wire that already existed in the buildings. (EV)

Discusses the trends in preparing college residence halls for new students that address their needs as consumers and offer freedom to control their surroundings. Making living quarters computer friendly, flexible, and compliant with the Americans with Disabilities act are explored. (GR)

Discusses the dilemma housing managers of college residence halls face in trying to provide the type of comfortable and homelike furniture students want versus the durability and savings the school needs. Examples of how two universities resolved their furniture problems are provided. (GR)

Describes the distinctive architectural style of a new dormitory at New Orleans' Tulane University, where architects had to deal with a difficult site, a tightly defined program, a venerable institution, and a colorful locale. Includes nine photographs, floor-plans and sectional drawings. (GR)

Describes how a few colleges are allowing coed dorm rooms, but that they are not the hedonistic experience some had feared. (EV)

As residential institutions summon greater resources and seek new strategies to encourage civic engagement, character building, and citizenship development among students, they too often overlook a potentially powerful asset. Residence halls, physically designed to provide students with direct access to personal differences and multiple occasions…

This study examined the quality and the factors which contributed positively and negatively to the quality of some selected students residential facilities in Nigeria. A user-perspective approach was adopted. The quality of the selected facilities was examined at three levels of environmental interaction and from architectural and social…

In this article, the author explores and weighs all the options in choosing furniture for student housing. The first step in acquiring or upgrading residence hall furniture is to research. The Internet and colleagues on campus or at other institutions are options for gathering information. After researching product choices, administrators need to…

Beginning your college education means you'll be exploring a new place, making new friends, learning new things and setting your own priorities. You are going to face a lot of big changes in a short time. That's exciting--and challenging. The more prepared you are for college when you get there, the more ready you'll be to address these new…

Presents tips from a superintendent of buildings and grounds who visited various colleges to see what worked -- and what didn't -- in dormitory windows. (Author)

Part of the monthly Saturday Review supplement, "Education in America," sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

Presents basic legal issues fundamental to revenue bonds (bonds secured by pledging only the revenues from the facility for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds) authorized for construction of college and university residence halls and provides reference to, as well as discussion of, court decisions giving specific attention to…

Based on a review of the literature and a questionnaire survey of 21 institutions which have had this type of library, this study examines their development and identifies factors that may have contributed to success or failure. (Author/JAB)