At Eastern Washington State College, students appreciate a quiet, private, and secure dormitory. (PG)

Study results failed to support the contention that crowded housing conditions have negative effects on adjustment to college. (Author)

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)

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

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…

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)

The value patterns of the suites of 18 men and 18 women reveal significant differences among suites on overall value similarity, with political, family, and money-related values prominent. Satisfaction with the suite living experience correlated postitvely with end-of-year value similarity. (Author)

Georgia Southern College bought some rundown private dormitories and renovated them to meet increased demands for on-campus housing. (Author/MLF)

Examines the types and topics of articles and author characteristics of the Journal of College and University Student Housing from 1979-1984, volumes 9-14, and compares the results to a previous study of volumes 1-8. Concludes potential authors should be encouraged, mentor author programs established, and exceptional productivity examined. (ABL)

At a small, old New England college, a large, new dormitory respects living patterns that have been established on campus for almost 200 years. (Author)

Discusses the legality of a college requiring a student to live in a college dormitory. (Editor/HS)