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New to the Neighborhood: Community Perspectives on Off-Campus Student Housing
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Twigg, Danielle – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2014
A community impact study was conducted in the suburbs surrounding a large multicampus Australian university to explore community perspectives on student housing. A mixed methods approach was used to explore current perceptions and beliefs in the community about off-campus student housing. This consisted of a survey of community members and…
Descriptors: Off Campus Facilities, College Housing, Multicampus Colleges, Mixed Methods Research
Design: Cost Control, Student Involvement, Libraries
Nation's Schools and Colleges, 1975
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)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Design, College Housing, Educational Facilities Improvement
College Housing: The Problem Isn't What's There, but What's NOT There
American School and University, 1975
Seven experts describe the elements that make college housing a success. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, College Housing, Design Preferences, Design Requirements
Renovating an Urban Campus
American School and University, 1976
A four-year, $8,000,000 renovation program has expanded and upgraded facilities at Boston University. (MLF)
Descriptors: Athletic Fields, Auditoriums, Building Conversion, College Housing
Rehabilitation and Reuse of College and University Facilities.
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Goyette, Harold L. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1980
The challenge confronting colleges and universities in the 1980s is seen as establishing physical planning processes designed to promote and demonstrate the efficiency of reclamation of resources to provide an enhanced physical environment for the academic program. Rehabilitation studies, space use, land use, codes, and regulations are discussed.…
Descriptors: Athletics, Building Conversion, College Buildings, College Housing
Housing Trends and Higher Education.
Moore, Bill – Commuter, 1981
Housing has become a major problem for college students. The reticence of college administrators to build new housing facilities in light of predictions of imminent enrollment declines has caused an increasing percentage of students to live off campus. The results of an informal survey of housing problems affecting off-campus students show that…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, College Housing, College Role, College Students
Student Housing. A Report.
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Tolmach, Judy – 1972
This publication describes economical ways to provide better housing for students and provides examples of workable solutions to the problem at various colleges and universities. For more economical and better housing, the author recommends (1) humanizing existing dormitories by changing the standard double rooms into suites of bedrooms with a…
Descriptors: Administration, Building Conversion, Building Systems, College Housing
Inventory of College and University Physical Facilities. Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) [machine-readable data file].
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1978
The "Inventory of College and University Physical Facilities" machine-readable data file (MRDF) is a subfile of the larger Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS). It includes basic data on the number of square feet of physical plant space, by type of room, function of room, organizational unit, and instructional program.…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Building Conversion, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Classrooms