Describes the Entering Year Program at the University of Iowa, which provides a deliberate and systematic integration of educational support services within the residence hall environment. Goals and specific activities are described. (JAC)

Describes a training program for residence hall custodial and maintenance supervisors and staff which combines human relations and technical skills. The sessions dealt with communication skills, leadership strategies, performance appraisal, self-understanding, advancement, and fringe benefits. (JAC)

An experiment in living at Rutgers University tested the influence of overcrowding on the measurement of stress levels in students, its impact on test performance, and how it affects men and women. (Author/RK)

The investigation examined the effects of a brief encounter group experience upon residents in a university dormitory. Women living on three separate floors were designated experimental subjects and provided with a group experience designed to encourage personal interaction, while women on two other floors were assigned to a control group. (Author)

The combination of a prefabricated building system and a clustered terrace design has resulted in economical and aesthetically pleasing housing for students at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. (Author)

Describes a new concept of hall government aimed at reducing student apathy, whereby all hall activity monies are handled by a central budgeting agency and appropriated according to student interest. Any size group can request funds, provided its project improves the social, cultural, athletic, or scholastic development of those within the hall.…

The development, initial standardization, and substantive data of the University Residence Environment Scales (URES) are presented. (Authors)

Since study results indicate that the most intimate, meaningful social relationships develop within the residence hall, perhaps the residence hall system can provide for intellectual stimulation along with maximal opportunities for personal-social growth and the handling of developmental tasks of late adolescence. (Author)

Sessions of the Association of College and University Housing Officers Convention stressed new areas of concern over housing contracts and student plans to adopt labor negotiation techniques to gain participation in housing policies and food service rules. (IR)

This study examines the degree of relationship of certain verbal protocol patterns of college resident counselors to the variables of Accurate Empathy and Warmth (Truax and Carkhuff). Findings suggest that more reflective, nonjudgmental counselors were rated as providing a better counseling relationship when the measures of the relationship were…

Describes students who were assigned to temporary housing at Indiana University from 1979 through 1981, examines their academic progress while they were assigned to temporary space and thereafter, and traces their disciplinary records. Results indicate students assigned to temporary housing have special needs traditional programs and practices may…