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Stoner, Kenneth L.; Moss, Pamela E. – Southern College Personnel Association Journal, 1982
Surveyed a random sample of university residence hall students about accomodations, procedures, staff, and organization to assess satisfaction with the quality of residence hall life. Findings showed satisfaction differed by academic classification and type of accommodation. Changes from 1971-1981 are discussed. (RC)
Descriptors: College Housing, College Students, Dormitories, Higher Education
Dickson, Gary L. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1981
Assessed the impact of various housing characteristics on the levels of stress perceived by resident assistants with regard to: type of residence hall; experience of the resident assistant; and the number of students per resident assistant, residence hall, and campus housing, respectively. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Dormitories, Employment Experience, Environmental Influences
Hayes, James A.; Burke, Thomas – Southern College Personnel Association Journal, 1981
Determined the congruence between predicted effectiveness ratings by residence hall staff during selection of resident assistants, and ratings by students at the end of one semester. Results indicated differences between the initial ratings and ratings based on student observations. Suggests that a variety of strengths is considered most…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dormitories, Employment Qualifications, Evaluation Criteria
Sundstrom, Lynne Hill; Davis, Deborah Ann – Southern College Personnel Association Journal, 1979
Discusses the success of a program using undergraduates to select a residence hall staff. With professional staff support, student-run resident advisor selection and training can be effective and strengthen the relationship between the university and its resident students. (JAC)
Descriptors: Counselor Selection, Dormitories, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation

Igra, Amnon; Moos, Rudolf H. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1979
Proximity of dormitory peers, involvement in informal social activities, and lack of commitment to religious and academic values were independently related to drinking and drinking onset. Formal involvement in college activities and psychological stress had no independent effect. (CP)
Descriptors: College Students, Dormitories, Drinking, Extracurricular Activities
Loftus, A. P. T. – Vestes, 1976
A student survey at the University of Newcastle had three objectives: to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of current styles of living; to determine the attitudes of students toward alternative styles of living; and to assess a variety of related factors affecting housing such as financial status, distance, and mode of travel. (LBH)
Descriptors: College Housing, Commuting Students, Dormitories, Foreign Countries

Pike, Gary R.; Schroeder, Charles C.; Berry, Thomas R. – Journal of College Student Development, 1997
Examines the relationship between residential learning communities and students' experiences and persistence during the first year of college. Data taken from 2,678 students indicated that the residential learning communities did not improve students' academic achievement and persistence directly, but did indirectly improve students' success by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dormitories

Berger, Joseph B. – Journal of College Student Development, 1997
Used concepts from community psychology literature to elaborate a revised version of Tinto's model of individual student departure. Employed a longitudinal analysis of 718 college students. Results indicate that students' sense of community in their residence halls was a source of social integration and a precursor to student departure decisions.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Freshmen, Dormitories

Finn, Peter – Journal of American College Health, 1996
Many colleges have established substance-free residence halls as one strategy for coping with the problem of binge drinking. The paper presents guidelines for ensuring that the substance-free housing succeeds, including starting small, involving students in design and development, keeping the area separate, considering special programming, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, College Housing, College Students, Discipline Policy

Wills, Sara B.; Hines, Edward R. – Journal of College Student Development, 1994
The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of students and parents pertaining to security measures within and immediately surrounding residence halls. Also examined what students and parents believed could be done to create a nonthreatening environment for students living in residence halls. (Author)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Housing, Dormitories, Higher Education

Bowman, Robert L.; Bowman, Vicki E. – Journal of College Student Development, 1995
Study surveyed 369 universities to determine how widespread resident assistant training courses are and how they are typically structured. Results suggest consistency in some course elements, like required enrollment, course text and lectures, but a lack of consensus in other components, such as topics, grading policies, and goals. (Author/RJM)
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Housing, College Students, Curriculum Enrichment
Smith, Joseph M.; Strope, John L., Jr. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1995
Examines 15 cases dealing with dormitory searches covering a 31-year period to determine how the Fourth Amendment applies to dormitory searches. The prevailing consensus is that if a university says and thinks it has the right to conduct a search of a room for health, safety, and maintenance reasons, then, in most circumstances, it has this right.…
Descriptors: College Housing, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Dormitories

Murrell, Susan P.; Denzine, Gypsy; Murrell, Patricia H. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1998
Descibes a study of students residing in community college dormitories. Results showed that residence hall staff are perceived to be higher contributors to the academic climate than residential peers. Suggestions are made for how community colleges can reexamine the educational potential of residence halls. (Contains 15 references.) (KC)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Housing, Community Colleges, Dormitories

Coons, Christine Jansen; And Others – Journal of College Student Development, 1995
Evaluated relationship between spectator aggression at football games and residence hall discipline. Results indicated that there is significant correlation, on five variables tested, between fan behavior and the increase of disciplinary cases during football weekends. Provides suggestions for interventions to reduce disciplinary actions. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Aggression, Athletics, College Environment, College Students
Flowers, Lamont A. – NASPA Journal, 2004
The effects of living on campus on educational gains were estimated for a sample of African American college students. This study also examined the effects of specific residence hall experiences on African American students' educational gains in college. Controlling for an extensive array of demographic characteristics, institutional…
Descriptors: African American Students, Achievement Gains, On Campus Students, Academic Achievement