Residence halls--or dormitories, as they were once called--used to be places where students could sleep, dress, and study while attending college. They were the simplest of spaces, providing each student a bed, a desk, and a place to keep some clothes. And they were usually the least expensive buildings on campus. Things are different now. Residence halls provide all the comforts of home and, to many students and parents, often more. They are now places for eating, training, studying, banking, taking classes, and yes, sleeping. And they are no longer necessarily the least expensive buildings on campus. The one thing they do continue to have in common across the nation is their role as places where students can live while attending college, a commonality that makes it possible to study them as a whole and to draw conclusions about them and how they both differ and are the same from campus to campus. This 11th annual survey of college residence hall construction is based on data from 50 projects opened or opening between August 2011 and 2013. Twenty-one are in operation, 15 will open for the fall semester, and the others are currently under construction. Together they will house 26,691 students in 9M sq. ft. Their total cost is more than $2B. The median residence hall reported this year houses 499 students, cost $33.5M, and totals 152,404 sq. ft. Cost per student averaged $68,106, lower than a year ago when a number of high-cost projects were reported. Cost per sq. ft., however, rose slightly, to $202.86. Articles in this year's report include: (1) There's No Place Like Home (Paul Abramson); and (2) ...And the Survey Says (Deb Moore).