A summary of the current literature from Britain and America on student housing is organized into topical areas. A brief examination of the scope of the problem in terms of residence patterns initiates the review of literature. The topics included are--(1) general material, (2) research, (3) student culture, (4) decreasing impersonality in large universities, (5) staff development, and (6) students not in institutional residence. Each article is briefly reviewed as to its content and its relationship to present and future research. The three appendices contain--(1) American sources of information, (2) additional research references, and (3) an annotated bibliography which includes a listing of other bibliographies on student housing. (RS)