Benefits of Living on Campus
Convenience and Flexibility
- Residents are within walking distance of the library, classroom buildings University Center, dining options, and Recreation Center.
- On-campus housing provides students the flexibility of coming back to their room between classes and activities to do homework, relax, or grab something to eat.
- Students can get to their early morning classes without fighting traffic, and participate in a late-night study group at the library without concern about the drive home.
Great Facilities
- The units include furniture, all basic utilities, cable, high-speed internet, and local and long distance telephone service
- Each community has multiple neighborhood centers that have lounge spaces with pool tables or ping pong tables, cable television, kitchen facilities, laundry room, and vending machines.
- The University Police Department provides an on-campus presence, 24 hours a day.
Sense of Community and Involvement
- Campus housing creates bonds that are more difficult to achieve off campus.
- Residents in the community come from diverse backgrounds and geographic locations.
- Students can participate in fun activities designed just for residents.
Academic Success
The American Council on Education reported that studies show students who reside on campus:
- Report a higher degree of satisfaction with their college experience and have higher retention and graduation rates
- Are more likely to succeed in college and complete their bachelor's degree in four years
- Are more likely to achieve a higher grade point average
- Have a positive self image, with enhanced self-confidence, public speaking ability, self-reliance
- Participate in more extracurricular activities (a factor especially important to recruiters in the job search process)
Other national studies show students who live on campus:
- Develop relationships with a diverse population of people
- Are exposed to a wider range of ideas and cultures
- Develop stronger interpersonal and communication skills
- Are involved in campus leadership, organizations and activities and
- Have more contact with faculty and staff members
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