Information is presented on costs at U.S. educational institutions for 1980-81 to assist foreign students in financial planning. For approximately 4,200 institutions listed alphabetically within each state, monthly maintenance rates (MMR) are presented for each institution. The MMR covers room, board, incidentals, and makes no distinction between…

THE STUDY OF THIS UNIVERSITY DEALT PRIMARILY WITH THE WEST CAMPUS IN WHICH MAJOR FUTURE GROWTH WOULD OCCUR. PART 'A' CONSISTS OF AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE DESIGN CRITERIA. CHARACTER IS ANALYZED IN TERMS OF--(1) VERTICALITY, (2) SCALE, (3) RICHNESS, AND (4) VARIETY AND UNITY, WHILE ARCHITECTURAL…

In an effort to elicit student attitudes concerning residence hall living on campus a questionnaire was designed and administered to a random sample of 1,100 resident students at the University of South Carolina. The survey instrument consisted of a set of sixteen statements that required an "is" and a "should be" response. The…

The University of Denver has developed an approach to residence hall living that is designed to significantly increase the positive effect of the environment on the student. Two residential programs complement the classroom environment by housing students with like or related academic interests and providing equipment related to the students'…

The responses of freshman samples from 1973 (N=2407) and 1974 (N=1492) to the University of Maryland Census are described and compared. Results indicated: (1) A greater percentage of freshmen in the 1974 sample was found to be living on campus in a resident hall or Greek house. Of the entering students who commuted to school, a greater percentage…

Addresses to the general sessions delivered at the conference in Los Angeles were in the area of student housing in higher education, and the housing and home finance agency's relationship to education and the student. Special sessions covered the following subjects--(1) management and operation--federal housing and home finance, management…

A number of group reports, speeches, and collections of notes have been compiled from a design workshop which dealt with the development of college facilities. The emphasis is particularly upon the recently formed local college system in the Canadian province of Ontario. Problems involved in the formulation of this system are related to…

This speech describes the residence hall program at the University Quadrangle at the University of Pennsylvania. Most of the structures comprising the quadrangle are one-half to three quarters of a century old, hence, they had become increasingly unpopular as a choice of campus residences. However, without major renovation, and with only minor…

This report reviews the objectives for coed housing, relates previous findings, and examines several hypotheses: (1) that coed units will have more activities and programs; (2) that the activities will be more widely varied; (3) that coed residents report more contact with faculty, more interaction with the opposite sex, more academically oriented…

Discusses the purposes of the university and the importance of the reflection of educational goals in the planning of student residential systems. Encourages active participation on the part of faculty and administration as well as students. Presented at the Big 10 Housing Officers Operations Meeting, November 16, 1976. (DOW)

Studied family housing within the University Student Apartment Community (USAC) at Iowa State University, to assess neighbor interaction and stress. Residents with lower household incomes reported knowing more neighbors, and those who were employed, fewer. Number of neighbors known was a significant indicator of neighbor interactions. Neighbor…

Under the College Housing Loan Program, the Education Department lends money to colleges to build and refurbish dormitories and other student facilities. Problems plaguing the loan program are discussed. Both colleges and the federal government have broken most of the rules governing the program. (MLW)

Presents the results of a pilot study conducted to determine the utility of the Short Form (Form S) of the University Residence Environment Scale (URES) as a means of collecting information about the social climate of single-sex and coed residence halls. Results indicate some potential as well as some problems. (Author)

The University of North Carolina presents the thirty-sixth annual Statistical Abstract of Higher Education in North Carolina. This report covers the breadth of higher education activities in the State in their quantitative aspect, from simple counts of enrollment and degrees conferred to complex analyses of the flow of student transfers among…

This paper discusses how to implement networking solutions in residence halls at Arcadia University in Philadelphia. Sections of the paper include: (1) About Arcadia University; (2) Residence Halls Network; (3) How Campus Manager Helped Arcadia University; (4) What Is Campus Manager; (5) How Campus Manager Works; (6) Campus Manager Remediation…