The Student Housing Matters blog explores ideas with leaders in higher education and the student housing profession. This is the place to find stories from those who have worked in the field for many years, podcast interviews, and videos about relevant topics in the student housing world.

It’s about matters relating to on-campus student housing, as well as why quality on-campus student housing really matters. We want this blog to serve as a forum for sharing ideas and insights about how your on-campus student housing can do things beyond simply housing students. How it can be used as a more powerful tool to recruit and retain students on your campus. We look forward to you joining us in the conversation.

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Going Above and Beyond for Students

May 11, 2018

Marshall University, one of COCM’s campus partners, planned a surprise for one of their students this past week at graduation. Claudia Lea, one of over 1700 students graduating, was taken aback when Marshall University’s president, Jerome Gilbert, announced that her father, Major Brett Lea, had recorded a video to share from Germany where he was…

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Student Housing Coming to Terra State Community College

September 21, 2017

COCM is pleased to announce that it will become the management partner for Terra State Community College’s first on-campus housing, The Landings at Terra Village. Opening in Fall 2018, Terra State, located in Fremont, is one of the only community colleges in the state of Ohio to offer on-campus housing for students. Click here to read…

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“Can the middle class afford college?”

May 23, 2017

Jeff Selingo’s recent article in the Washington Post entitled “Can the middle class afford college?” brought to light, very sobering and disheartening facts for middle Americans striving to earn a higher education degree and balance the crucial financial component. An excerpt from the article, raises the point of the discussion by My. Selingo “as college prices continue…

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“Skipping the College Tour”

May 5, 2017

A recent article in the New York Times advises families to “Skip the College Tour.”  Many students and their families count on the college tour to give them a feel for what campus is like, and some even say that the tour sealed the deal on their college choice. Experts in psychology and behavior economists…

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COCM Cares!

February 27, 2017

COCM celebrates a “Capstone Cares” week each year, where we unite as a company to give back to our local community. This year, employees from COCM’s home office and their family members, spent a day at Oliver Elementary School in Birmingham, Alabama helping with a variety of projects. Traffic flow “Lion Paws” were painted on…

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Winners of the Move-In Photo Contest!

September 27, 2016

We wanted to announce the winners of the 2016 move-in photo contest!  This was a seriously tough task with all of the submissions we had.  So we went with four that really displayed the spirit of great housing staffs during this crazy time.  They were all photos anyone reading this blog can relate to, laugh…

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City College of New York Ranks Among Top 1.2% Schools Globally

August 30, 2016

COCM is always proud to highlight the successes of our partner institutions. This week, the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranked The City College of New York in the top 1.2% of more than 25,000 institutions around the world. “The City College of New York, whose student population hails from more than 150 nations, ranks…

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ACE Names Fellows Class of 2016-17

April 15, 2016

ACE, the American Council on Education, named 33 leaders in higher education who will participate in the 2016-17 ACE Fellows Program.  Created in 1965, the ACE Fellows Program is the preeminent leadership development program in higher education. Per ACE, the Program “combines retreats, interactive learning opportunities, visits to campuses and other higher education-related organizations, and…

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Small Changes…Big Payoffs

March 24, 2016

  Great article this week in the Washington Post.  The act of addressing the issues faced by these students and thousands of others like them across the country, could mean untold dividends for those seeking a college degree and beyond.      

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Authentic

December 1, 2015

Webster defines authentic as “real; or genuine.”  Brigid Lawler, Dean of Admissions at Marlboro College in Marlboro, VT, recently contributed an article to College Planning and Management entitled “What do Colleges Need? Authenticity.”  Please take a few moments to read. It exemplified the care felt and shown to a prospective student, that we all hope those…

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