Discusses the reasons for and advantages to transforming college campuses from commuter to residential facilities or expanding existing facilities, suggesting that the design for new student residence facilities must provide for a wide variety of functions above and beyond the spaces required for sleeping and bathing. Incorporating study lounges,…

Describes the use of Autodesk Revit, a computer software system for design and documentation of buildings, in the planning of the University Center of Chicago, a large residence hall involving the cooperation of DePaul University, Columbia College, and Roosevelt University. (EV)

Examined relationship between student residence (on-campus university housing, on-campus fraternity/sorority housing, off-campus nonuniversity housing) and alcohol use by investigating how drinking patterns and irresponsible acts related to drinking vary with gender and with housing arrangement. Results from 1,097 college students revealed that…

University residence hall administrators employ a variety of strategies, including group billing, to combat vandalism. Reviews theoretical and practical bases for group billing; examines potential challenges to the practice; and offers recommendations for residence administrators and university counsel. (MLF)

Students' drinking, gender stereotypes, and alcohol expectancies were examined in relation to three living arrangements: living either at home, on-campus, or independently. The results highlight the importance of gender stereotypes and living arrangements as influences on drinking behavior and sex differences within the student population. (EMK)

Profiles college programs and accompanying facilities that offer housing for single mothers with children, including College of St. Mary in Omaha, Nebraska; College of Misericordia in Dallas, Pennsylvania; and Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. Includes a sidebar on the University of Dayton's renovated child care center. (EV)

Discusses the use of benchmarking in student affairs, focusing on issues related to student housing. Provides examples of how benchmarking has influenced administrative practice at many institutions. (EV)

Describes how San Francisco State University (California) used off-balance-sheet financing to build high-quality student living units with little or no risk to university finances. Discusses financing models, the investment banker's role, partnership with a nonprofit foundation which issued the housing bonds, the foundation's credit enhancement,…

This article focuses on the origins, evolution, and social roles played by food service at colleges and universities. It emphasizes: (1) the gradual assumption of responsibility for housing and meals by universities during the medieval period; (2) the role of food service in the "collegiate way" philosophy so influential in British and…

Shoreline, Washington, Public Schools remodeled adjoining empty schools to form a high school; engineering students at the University of California (Davis) built their own housing; a Texas high school uses a wide corridor for a variety of purposes; Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, expanded its library facilities. (Author/MLF)

Discusses development and use of a new scale which systematically assesses the social climates of university student living groups. A brief discussion of the construction and validation of the scale is followed by a comparison between living units and group climates on two large university campuses. (Author)

This study is concerned with personal development of college undergraduates as affected by campus residence environments. Freshman to senior changes involving interpersonal, autonomy, and academic behavioral attitudes were determined for two groups of students living under different conditions: dormitory (experimental) and fraternity (control).…

When administrators at Worcester State College decided to build student housing at their formerly all-commuter school, they took pains to involve students and faculty in planning the project. The result was a 500-student village, comprised of 26 different "houses," which has proved very popular with students. (JG)

Low cost as well as timely statistics are required of University policy planning decisions regarding student housing. Since a data bank already existed at the University of Wisconsin, a study of student housing needs could readily be undertaken by means of a computer. The study defines the status of the existing supply and demand in student…

Eight different dormitory concepts are presented based on various groupings of students, including suites for six, houses for thirty-nine, and villages for three hundred. Each design takes sociological group theory into account and combines this with varied architectural concepts. Photographs and floor plans for each dormitory type are included.…