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Publication Date: 2023
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Racial and Economic Stratification on Campus: The Relationship between Luxury Residence Halls, Race, and Academic Outcomes
Brown, Joshua Travis; Volk, Fred; Kush, Joseph M.
Journal of College Student Development, v64 n1 p108-113 Jan-Feb 2023
The design of luxury residence halls has created tension between the ideals of equitable educational experiences and increased competition to attract enrollment, as such facilities are often priced beyond the financial reach of students whose presence is essential to creating a diverse educational experience for all students. As university leaders face pressures to increase enrollment, some have allocated millions of dollars to attracting students using a new type of luxury residence hall design--hybrid luxury--that combines high-end amenities and high socialization design (Cramer, 2021; Eligon, 2013). While hybrid luxury halls emphasize added amenities such as coffee lounges, co-working spaces, and exclusive resident-only fitness studios, they also incorporate certain design elements to strategically increase patterns of student socialization. What remains unknown is (a) how emerging hybrid luxury designs may be associated with academic outcomes and (b) whether student academic outcomes differed in other forms of residence hall designs conditioned on race and homophily opportunity. The focus of this articles takes up these two questions.
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Housing, Race, Academic Achievement, Advantaged, Social Class, Racial Factors, Economic Factors, Social Stratification, Educational Facilities Design
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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