The latest issue of the Journal of College & University Student Housing is now available. FIlled with valuable peer-reviewed research, these articles explore the multi-faceted world of campus housing and student affairs; from faculty engagement and professional development to student well. The Campus Living Lab Model is an application of this framework to university-based living labs for the sustainability transition.
The "place" layer corresponds to the university campus, which serves as a microcosm of society where real. This study explored the structural and programmatic impact of on-campus housing at liberal arts colleges on the transition of student friendships into long term meaningful relationships post-graduation. Moreover, this study utilized a qualitative research approach to explore how the campus environment influenced long-term, meaningful relationships.
Strange and Banning's (2015) campus ecology. Campus housing has changed markedly in recent years, prompting questions about its impact and the benefits of living-learning communities (LLCs) in particular. Sponsored by an ACUHO-I research grant, we surveyed a diverse, multi-campus sample of residents to study the relationships between LLC participation, engagement, perceived gains in.
Universities and their changing role in society is a source of perennial debate. In this article, we examine the emergent phenomenon of University Campus Living Labs (UCLL), the set of practices by which universities use their own buildings, streets or energy infrastructure as experimental settings in order to support applied teaching, research and co. The Campus as a Living Lab is a comprehensive, connected, and firmly embedded approach, striving to create synergies, knowledge exchange, and cross-fertilization.
The whole campus and the organization are understood as a living lab, providing fertile ground for sustainable experimentation and innovation. The targeted student populations for the study were first-year, sophomore, and senior students attending a bachelor's-granting institution in the U.S. This study was funded by the Sponsored Research Grant program through the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International (ACUHO-I) Research and Educational Foundation.
Before applying to a funding program, long-term partners were invited to an open space workshop, to discuss, describe and define the topic and research question for the Living Lab on campus, which addresses the topic of energy transi. In this paper, we analyze the volume and scale of rental housing development in campus-adjacent neighborhoods surrounding major U.S. universities between 2000 and 2018, using data from the National Center for Education Statistics and the U.S.
Census Bureau to describe the institutional, neighborhood, and metropolitan contexts of development. Our analysis addresses three research questions. Colleges and universities are finding creative new ways to provide the living environments students want and need.
Following the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, new ways of living and learning are transforming college and university campuses. The most jarring reality is a shortage of on-campus housing, and traditional residence halls are no longer meeting student needs and expectations.
