Discusses trends in student preferences regarding on-campus housing, and the financing and delivery methods that campuses are using to provide for these wishes. (EV)

Describes the process of selecting and installing geothermal water source heat pumps for new residence halls at Johnson Bible College in Knoxville, Tennessee, including choosing the type of geothermal design, contractors, and interior equipment, and cost and payback. (EV)

Discusses the need for furniture in college residence halls to be flexible, durable, aesthetically pleasing, and able to support technology. Explores what students prefer, customizing student space, and furniture finishes. (EV)

Resulting from an International Living Center workshop organized by the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, this document presents a typology of different examples of commonly found international living centers in the United States and Canada. International living centers are broadly defined as a residential center for domestic and…

This study shows that males who had lower levels of self-actualization preferred more structured living arrangements, however the female groups did not differ significantly in their dissatisfaction with living arrangements. (Author/PG)

There appears to be a direct relationship between the level of job effectiveness of head residents and the level of job effectiveness of their supervisee resident advisors. (Author)

Duke University's Student House for Academic and Residential Experimentation (SHARE) is a living-learning environment for highly academically motivated students. Its purpose has become more complex and ambitious since its inception in 1970. (Author/PG)

With proper staffing, residence halls can be learning laboratories for developing academic and interpersonal competence as well as social effectiveness, as those at the University of Florida illustrate. (Editor)

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, college students expressed their feelings toward impersonal, highrise, linoleum-and-formica residence halls by moving off campus in droves. Now, colleges are building more varied and flexible lowrise student housing in an effort to better accommodate students' housing preferences. (JG)

This questionnaire survey shows the many influences on selection of housing and transportation by employees of a Cleveland junior college district (Cuyahoga Community College). It is felt the data would be pertinent to personnel recruitment, housing policies for faculty and staff, private housing developments, dissemination of housing information…

Traditional dormitories are out of step with the concepts of higher education that make the 4 years of college a cultural and social experience as well as a period for gathering information on academic topics. These experiences are not served well in twin-bed rooms lined along both sides of corridors that lead only to stairwells or gang bathrooms.…

Changes in the physical environment of education are discussed. Topics include planning, flexibility in academic space, utilization of space, housing, science facilities, libraries, and new shapes and materials. (FPO)

Principal facility requirements and costs of residential accommodations for students are discussed. After specifying the various space and facility requirements and providing cost information for the various classes of facilities, the report details requirements pertaining to external works (road access; car parking; grassing, planting, and…

A survey was conducted to determine student-parent attitudes toward non-academic University regulations and entering students' preparation for self-regulation. Questionnaires were completed by currently enrolled undergraduate students, their parents, and parents of freshmen planning to enroll at the University in the fall of 1969. Current student…