The 1973 publication, "Residence Halls in U.S. Higher Education," is updated and supplemented in this bibliography. Material omitted from the 1973 edition and material published since 1973 are included in this report. The 10 classifications used in the original bibliography are continued. They are: historical development of residence halls;…

A case study of the University of Benin in Nigeria illustrates campus planning in the development of a university. Eight aspects of university planning are considered: (1) the functions of a university (students, staff, facility capacity); (2) residential accommodation for students and staff; (3) commercial facilities (shopping); (4) environment…

An ecosystems environmental assessment project was conducted in order to evaluate the residence hall environment at Indiana University, Bloomington campus. Students (N=637), representing a response rate of 67%, completed questionnaires during October 1979. Items about which most students expressed strong feelings, positive or negative, included…

The effects of overassignment (three students living in a room usually assigned to two) on students at Rutgers and Douglass Colleges are examined in a study of differences between students housed in two- and three-person rooms for the semester. The dependent measures were perception of the university environment, academic performance, physical…

A comprehensive development plan for the Ohio State University Campus which includes--(1) a recommended arrangement and grouping of buildings and other physical plant facilities made up of existing buildings, additions, and new buildings to be constructed, (2) arrangements for intracampus movement of pedestrians, circulation, and parking of…

As Part 4 of a series of five studies, data is provided by colleges and universities on what capital facilities were planned, per square foot costs, and how they were financed during 1960-61, plus how they proposed to do so up to 1965-66. Comprehensive data is presented on existing, potential, and projected enrollments, plans for constructing…

Data collected in the fourth annual survey of use of residence hall facilities in the fall of 1977, as well as summary data from fall 1974 through fall 1977 is presented in tabular form. The study includes all state-operated institutions which have residence hall facilities except facilities available at locally sponsored community colleges under…

Collected are eleven presentations made at a workshop designed to expose college and university administrators participating in the Technical Assistance Consortium to Improve College Services (TACTICS) to new management techniques. Presentations addressed the following subjects: the role of planning and management systems in post-secondary…

A rehabilitation living unit founded on the halfway house and therapeutic community models was established in a university residence hall to provide a resource for emotionally disturbed students who might otherwise require hospitalization or have to leave school. An initial baseline study indicated that a large number of scholastically able…

In July 1964, the University of California Board of Regents authorized the project now known as URBS-The University Residential Building System Project. The initial stage in the development of the building system was the determination of the user requirements for the building type in question. This report is the result of investigation undertaken…

The Stanford residence system is one of the most varied, programmatically and physically, of any university in the country. In 1973-74, there were 64 distinct residences to which undergraduates were assigned. The scope of this study is whether or not Stanford University is denying many undergraduate students participation in its residence…

The purpose of the study was to analyze the academic achievement of single undergraduates in relation to selected student characteristics and their opinions toward desirable housing features. A ten percent random sample of single under graduates at the University of Virginia enrolled during the fall semester of 1968-69 was surveyed. The…

This document is the first of three reports designed to provide information on the student at Stony Brook. The academic and nonacademic student life at Stony Brook is discussed in relationship to the entering students; academic life; the social and psychological dimensions; the residences; the services and peer helping; women undergraduates;…

The development, initial standardization and substantive data of the University Residence Environment Scale (URES) is presented. The URES is a true-false perceived environment scale composed of 10 subscales (e.g., affiliation, innovation) which discriminates among the 74 student residences in the current norm group. The URES has high internal…

A study was conducted at North Carolina State University in the Spring of 1976 to compare American students who lived in an international residence hall during 1975-76 with American students who lived in conventional residence halls during 1974-75 as to their international attitudes, international activities, and interaction with foreign students.…