"The problem of this study was to find out if there were any causative factors inherent within the North Texas State College new men's dormitory, the Quadrangle, which were detrimental to the development of incoming college male students."--1.

This study examined organizational member and housing staff perceptions of organizational culture and effectiveness of residence hall associations. Two instruments, the Residence Hall Government (RHA) Effectiveness Instrument designed by Tucker (2001) and the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) designed by Cameron and Quinn (1999, 2006) were utilized to gather quantitative data, while individual interviews and focus groups were conducted utilizing selected questions from the Interview Questions for Doing a Competing Values Organizational Analysis (Quinn 1988) to collect qualitative data. A mixed methodology was utilized to collect and analyze data from three sites yielding 217 assessments, 27 interviews, and 6 student focus groups with members of residence hall associations during the spring 2008 semester. The study indicated that there is a positive relationship between all ideal culture type scores identified by the OCAI and effectiveness constructs identified by the RHA Effectiveness Instrument. Additionally, there is a difference in the perceptions of Clan and Hierarchy ideal culture type scores and Housing Relationship and RHA Effects effectiveness construct scores based upon housing staff membership or RHA Legislative Body membership. Furthermore, the research indicated that level of student involvement, emphasis on leadership development and training, patterns of communication and teamwork, financial resources, implementation of rules and procedures, roles in program planning, student voice, member evaluation, collaborative partnerships with host housing departments, and relationships with university Student Government were constructs for the development of organizational culture and influenced the organizational effectiveness of RHAs. Recommendations are provided for the organizational development and evaluation of residence hall associations. / by Lawrence B. Faerman. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Studentbostadsbristen påverkar studenter runt om i hela landet. 20 000 studentbostäder saknas, varav 50 procent saknas i Stockholm. Studenter tvingas välja mellan temporära boenden eller att tacka nej till den utbildningen de blivit antagna till. Dessa levnadsförhållanden leder till en sämre livskvalité under studietiden, vilket i sin tur kan påverka studenternas utbildning och framtid. Vid utformning av studentbostäder läggs ofta den sociala hållbarheten åt sidan. Den sociala hållbarheten bidrar till att studenterna känner gemenskap, samhörighet och hemhörighet. Nytänkande gestaltningsförslag och idéer behövs för att öka känslan av gemenskap och utveckla den sociala hållbarheten i studentbostäderna. Studentbostäder med välplanerade sociala ytor ger möjlighet till en högre livskvalité för studenterna. Gemensamma sociala ytor ökar möjlighet till att skapa nya kontakter både i början och under studietiden. Att skapa goda levnadsförhållanden i studentbostäder borde ses som ett samhällsintresse då studenterna efter sina studier ger tillbaka till samhället och bidrar till framtidens utveckling. Syftet med rapporten är att lyfta fram problemet med den nuvarande studentbostadsbristen och den låga sociala hållbarheten i dagens studentbostäder. Målet med gestaltningen är att bidra med ett förslag på en fungerande utformning av studentbostäder med fokus på den sociala hållbarheten och gemenskap. Genom examensarbetets enkätundersökning samt faktainsamling byggdes en stabil grund för det gestaltningsarbete som utfördes. Resultatet blev tre studentbostadshus som placerades i ett av kvarteren i det nya området Kista äng. Studentbostadshusen har fyra olika studentbostadstyper samt gemensamma sociala ytor som är tillgängliga för alla studenter i kvarteret. / The shortage of student housing units affects students around the country. 20,000 student housing units are needed, 50 percent of these are needed in Stockholm. Students are forced to choose between living in temporary accommodations or decline the education to which they have been admitted. These living conditions lead to a poorer quality of life during the study period, which in turn can affect the students' education and future.  When designing student housing units,the social sustainability is often put aside. Social sustainability contributes to the students getting a feeling of community, solidarity and being at home. New design proposals and ideas are needed to increase the sense of community and to develop the social sustainability of student housing units.  Student housing units with well-planned social spaces allows for a higher quality of life for the students. Common social spaces enhance the opportunity to make a connection with new people at the beginning and during the study period. Creating good living conditions in student housing units should be regarded as a societal interest as students, after their studies, return to society and contribute to the development of the future.  The purpose of the report is to illustrate the problem with the current student housing shortage and the poor social sustainability of today's student housing units.  The goal of the design is to contribute ideas for a functional design of a student housing unit with a primary focus on social sustainability and fellowship.  With the help of the survey and the information that was gathered a sound basis was created before the the design work started. The result was three buildings with student housing units that were placed in one of the neighborhoods in the new area of Kista äng. The buildings have four different types of student housing units and social spaces that are available for all students in the neighborhood.

Master of Landscape Architecture / Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning / Lee R. Skabelund / College and university campuses have the potential to organize buildings, outdoor spaces, pedestrian corridors, roadways, parking lots, and infrastructure all within one cohesive and unified place. Dynamic but unified spaces are typically the result of thoughtful architecture, landscape architecture, and years of planning. Recognizable design styles, material use, and plant palettes work together to create something bigger than simply a collection of buildings, transportation corridors, and outdoor spaces. Each building, group of buildings, series of spaces, transportation feature, and infrastructural component needs to be designed and implemented with the entire campus in mind to be truly successful. When planned correctly, a unified campus can harbor innovation, provide inspiration, and initiate interaction. Stouffer Place Apartments has evolved into a secluded housing development within the midst of the busy University of Kansas (KU) campus. Apartments are only available to graduate students, international students, students with families, non-traditional students, and post-doctoral researchers. Stouffer Place has maintained a quiet and peaceful atmosphere at the corner of 19th and Iowa in Lawrence, Kansas since 1957. Like so many of the university housing developments built after World War II, Stouffer Place is full of aging infrastructure, providing the basis for a discussion of a new or renovated development on the site (Casey-Powell 1999, 86). Not only are the aging Stouffer Place buildings an eyesore to many people in the community, but their existing arrangement limits community interaction and shared space. Additionally, many of the Stouffer Place apartment buildings are near the end of their lifetime, but they can they be recycled, reused, and deconstructed to create dynamic spaces for the residents. In short, Stouffer Place can be redeveloped to create a new model of affordable, sustainable, and self-sufficient on-campus apartments that attract and retain students as well as create a higher quality of life. With the growing trend of sustainable building practices, KU’s Department of Student Housing (DSH) has an immense opportunity to transform this student community into a model for other universities nationwide. By implementing a design strategy that successfully reuses and phases out the existing built infrastructure of the site, a place that facilitates sustainable living and community interaction will be created. Through this project, the culture and identity of Stouffer Place is revealed and catalyzed, using the missions of KU and DSH to create a plan that supports, sustains, and creates.

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1979 S838 / Master of Science

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1979 S26 / Master of Science

This study was designed to collect data that would provide evidence as to what students' expectations of the environment were along with whether these expectations were actually being experienced by students living in the substance-free environment. A systematic sample of 139 students were surveyed who lived in the Students Uniting to Remain Free (SURF) substance-free living environment at Ball State University during the Fall semester of 2001 academic year. Data collection consisted of a survey instrument that had eight three-part questions, 10 demographic characteristic questions, and six student involvement questions.The data revealed that new and returning students living in the SURF hall were very satisfied with their residential experience. The majority of their expectations matched the majority of their experiences. Statistically significant differences between the expectations of new and returning students existed with the following variables: drinking and using drugs outside of the SURF hall, expecting that they would not have to deal with noise and disruptions caused by alcohol usage, living with students who had similar religious ideals and values, expecting the SURF hall to be a quiet study area and expecting and experiencing wellness and healthy lifestyle programs.The growing interest in substance-free housing environments is an area that many Chief Housing Officers and Student Affairs Administrators may want to consider investing more time researching in addition to allocating additional institutional resources in the creation of increased levels of this living environment option. Current expansion of this lifestyle option on campuses across the nation may dictate that for institutions to stay competitive and to meet the needs of the various populations living on their campuses the offering of this lifestyle option may need to increase. Additional research into the academic benefits and long-term retention benefits may be necessary for the development of new programs. / Department of Educational Leadership

This thesis explores the dynamic interface of supply and demand for student housing within the context of national sustainability policy and planning in the UK. These interconnections are increasingly important given the tripling of students tuition fees, which can alter the residential expectations of students, as well as implementing policy schemes that aim to retrofit the most energy inefficient dwellings. Using the university town of Loughborough as a case study, findings are presented from a mixed-methods research comprised of an online survey, semi-structure interviews, and focus groups. The thesis makes several original contributions to academic knowledge of student geographies. First, the discussion shows that the profile of student housing in the UK has dramatically changed which is underpinned by numerous drivers tied to changing policies, reforms, and reconfigurations of students residential expectations. Second, the thesis stresses the importance of examining the sustainability challenges unfolding in the housing sector and the ways these dynamics impact upon students residential experiences. Third, by establishing the first-ever student housing taxonomy, it is demonstrated that physical and sustainable discrepancies are evident in the types of accommodation that are supplied to students, allowing for a broader investigation of the student housing stock in the UK. Fourth, it is contended that the energy efficiency of a dwelling has a limited impact on students energy expenditure, indicating that students manage their energy consumption in various ways. In addition, it is advocated that the fuel poverty (FP) calculation framework could usefully be revised and adapted to more effectively identify students in FP conditions. Fifth, it is ascertained that students finances tend to have limited effects on their selection of housing. It is concluded that advancing the understanding of sustainability issues entangled in the student housing sector is crucial for progressing knowledge in student geographies.

Este trabalho propõe um estudo sobre a arquitetura das residências universitárias, buscando salientar as configurações físicas propostas pelo projeto de arquitetura no intuito de qualificar espacialmente os ambientes destas edificações. O estudo foi estruturado em três etapas. Como ponto de partida, discute-se a construção histórica do conceito de qualidade espacial e as suas implicações no âmbito do projeto de arquitetura. Após definido, o conceito foi utilizado como suporte teórico na identificação dos requisitos específicos de qualidade espacial para as residências universitárias. Para tanto, foram descritos concretamente os meios pelos quais a qualidade espacial, nos limites da definição trabalhada, poderia ser aferida. Neste processo, foram estabelecidos quatro eixos de análise: a) caráter institucional, b) potencial à sociabilidade, c) suporte funcional e d) espaço envolvente. Acredita-se que, se observados na fase de projeto, os quatro eixos de análise estabelecidos, e seus respectivos desdobramentos, poderiam potencializar a qualificação espacial destas residências. Por fim, de forma retrospecta, são pontuadas as considerações mais relevantes desta pesquisa. / This work proposes a study on the architecture of the student housing, seeking to point out the physical configurations proposed by the project of architecture in order to qualify the spatial environments of these buildings. The study was structured in three steps. As a starting point, discusses the historical construction of the spatial quality concept and its implications in the context of the project of architecture. Once, the defined concept was used as a theoretical support in the identification of spatial quality requirements specific to the student housing. To this were described as the spatial quality, within the definition worked limits, could be evaluated. In this process, were established four lines of analysis: a) institutional character, b) potential to sociability, c) functional support e d) surroundings spaces. It is believed that, if observed in the project phase, the four lines defined, and their ramifications, could enhance the space qualification of this residences. Finally, in a retrospective way, are assigned most relevance consideration of this search.

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