Provides a human and historical perspective of residential life in the early days of Vassar College. Reviews the contributions of Maria Mitchell, a pioneer astronomer and academician who made a considerable contribution to the concept of student development through living and learning. (JAC)

Examined the relationship between individual temperament and initial adjustment to residential college living. Students (N=70) completed a packet of several questionnaires. Results showed that the temperament dimensions of adaptablity and attention were significantly correlated with affective adjustment measures. (BH)

Presents "upstream", a model for the utilization of professional counseling services in the residence halls, encompassing developmental, preventive, and remedial approaches. Suggests that the professional counselor can assist in four capacities in the actualization of these approaches: as a therapist, as a consultant, as a change agent,…

Described is a program implemented at Auburn University to establish an undergraduate student residence hall specifically for engineering students. Residence in the special living unit has been positively related to persistence in engineering and academic achievement. (SL)

The "Hamilton College community" (New York) is a term which appears to describe those who are students or staff of the college, who are bound by the close housing (set up on a hill, to be further separated), who share a common philosophy (wanting to learn or to teach), and who are familiar with many members of the "community."…

At Eastern Washington State College, a veterans organization on campus has leased an empty dormitory building and turned it into a veterans co-op. (Author/PG)

As a result of a survey to discover the rationale for student preference for off-campus living the following factors were indicated most often as reasons given for moving from the residence hall: (1) better study conditions; (2) expense; (3) freedom from control; and (4) new experiences. (JC)

Modular housing is answering private, off-campus, student residency problems. (PG)

This outline of an apprenticeship program for resident assistants provides ideas for alternatives to traditional methods of resident assistant training and selection. (Author)

A new idea in college housing is the living-learning center, which combines recreational and dormitory facilities. (PG)

Uses variables, inferred from previous studies to be successful predictors, to determine if pairs matched on basis of such variables would be more compatible than those randomly assigned. Indications are that variables, although possibly necessary for compatibility, are not sufficient determinants. (Author/CJ)