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Download full textFrost, Linda, Ed.; Kay, Lisa W., Ed.; Poe, Rachael, Ed. – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
Honors administrators spend much of their time explaining and describing what honors is and does. When they talk about what honors looks like nationally, they should have answers to the following important questions: How pervasive is the model of separate honors facilities?; How pervasive are the legendary closets that honors programs have so…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, College Housing, Educational Facilities, Dormitories
Direct linkCollege Planning & Management, 2012
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.…
Descriptors: College Housing, Dormitories, Private Colleges, Public Colleges
Luna, Gene, Ed.; Gahagan, Jimmie, Ed. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
In 2004, "Learning Reconsidered" urged educators to think more holistically about student learning and development. "Learning Initiatives in the Residential Setting" provides a framework for putting this call into action at large universities and small colleges alike. Chapters trace the history of learning in residence halls, discuss academic and…
Descriptors: Building Design, Physical Environment, Student Personnel Services, Holistic Approach
Kafai, Yasmin B., Ed.; Heeter, Carrie, Ed.; Denner, Jill, Ed.; Sun, Jennifer Y., Ed. – MIT Press (BK), 2008
Ten years after the groundbreaking "From Barbie to Mortal Kombat" highlighted the ways gender stereotyping and related social and economic issues permeate digital game play, the number of women and girl gamers has risen considerably. Despite this, gender disparities remain in gaming. Women may be warriors in "World of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expertise, Play, Topography
Winston, Roger B., Jr.; And Others – 1993
This book on student housing and residential life contains the following articles: (1) "New Challenges and Goals for Residential Life Programs" (Blimling); (2) "Student Development in the Residential Environment" (Winston and Anchors); (3) "Psychosocial Development in College" (White and Porterfield); (4) "Intellectual, Ethical, and Moral…
Descriptors: College Housing, College Students, Dormitories, Higher Education
Kolvitz, Marcia, Ed. – 1996
These two conference papers from the Biennial Conference on Postsecondary Education for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing focus on campus life issues for individuals with deafness or hard of hearing. The first paper, "A Customized Residence Hall Experience for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing" (Nancy Kasinski and others), describes…
Descriptors: College Housing, College Students, Deafness, Dormitories
Smith, Terry B., Ed. – 1993
This monograph contains 14 papers on residential colleges and their role in successful freshman year experiences. Residential colleges are defined as colleges in which the faculty live among the students. The papers are as follows: (1) "Introduction: Why a Monograph about First-Year Residential Colleges?" by Terry B. Smith; (2)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Freshmen, Dormitories, Higher Education
Zeller, William J., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
Residence life programs play a key role in recruiting students, helping them make a successful transition to a new institution, and in retaining them, whether students are enrolling for the first time, transferring from another institution, or entering graduate school. Chapters in this book address theories of learning and development, new…
Descriptors: College Housing, Dormitories, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen
Rentz, Audrey L.; And Others – 1996
This book describes significant issues and trends in the evolution of student affairs and reviews current methods and models of practice. The chapters are: (1) "The Philosophical Heritage of Student Affairs," by Stan Carpenter, reviewing the relationship between educational philosophy and student services; (2) "A History of Student Affairs," by…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Admission (School), Career Planning, Community Colleges
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. – 1984
The 13 articles in this collection describe successful practices that might serve as informative guides for student services operations in the university and at similar institutions. The introduction, by Cleon F. Thompson, Jr. and John F. Corey, reviews student services in the multi-campus University of North Carolina as background for the papers.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Planning, College Environment, Computer Oriented Programs
Galsky, Alan, Ed. – 1991
Faced with a one-fourth drop in the number of high school graduates between 1979 and 1995, many colleges and universities are responding by making themselves more attractive to students and their parents, instituting procedures to recruit students more effectively and providing a more satisfactory 4 years for the undergraduate experience using an…
Descriptors: Career Centers, Declining Enrollment, Dormitories, Enrollment Influences
Whitaker, Leighton C., Ed.; Pollard, Jeffrey W., Ed. – 1993
This volume offers 14 papers on the types, sources, and possible cures of violence on college campuses from prominent workers in higher education. Following a preface the titles are: (1) "Conceptualizing Campus Violence: Definitions, Underlying Factors, and Effects" by Mary L. Roark; (2) "Administrative Perspectives on Disruptive…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Antisocial Behavior, Campuses, Cognitive Style
Terrell, Melvin C., Ed. – 1992
This monograph offers a collection of nine papers demonstrating how the student affairs subculture in institutions of higher education can provide academic as well as managerial leadership in promoting cultural diversity and planned change. The papers are as follows: (1) "Achieving Cultural Diversity: Meeting the Challenges" by Barbara…
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Administration, College Faculty, College Students
