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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Podcast

Podcast | There IS Life After College

June 8, 2016

Best selling author and award winning columnist, Jeff Selingo joined us to talk about his most recent book, There Is Life After College.  We talked about the way this generation is learning and how it affects the transition to life after college, how residential education is more important than ever, and his favorite phone apps.…

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Is Your Institution Winning… at Social Media?

June 6, 2016

Education Dive recently highlighted institutions who are best leveraging social media in engaging their prospective, current, and former students. “Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have become powerful marketing and engagement tools for institutions looking to reach current and prospective students, as well as alumni. Knowing how to best take advantage of the media, however,…

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Podcast | How I Got Into Student Housing – Melynda Davis

May 11, 2016

Melynda Davis is COCM’s director at Campus Town at The College of New Jersey.  She joined us for the latest installment of our “How I Got Into Student Housing” series. If you haven’t been following this series, the episodes are designed to be a fairly quick look into how these housing professionals got into this…

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Congratulations to Cornish Commons and CDP!

May 4, 2016

Capstone Development Partners recently received multiple awards for Cornish Commons at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. Cornish Commons was honored with three Student Housing Business Innovator Awards in April. Earlier this year,  the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce bestowed Cornish Commons with the “2015 Building of the Year” award. Cornish Commons is a 432 bed…

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Colleges Get Creative with Fundraising

May 2, 2016

This is a fascinating article about how colleges are now using crowdfunding to reach a younger pool of potential donors.  Note how the College of Holy Cross raised nearly $2 million in less than 48 hours.

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Don’t Make These New Grad Mistakes…

April 22, 2016

Thousands of students will be receiving their diploma in the next few weeks and embarking on their first job search. Director of COCM Human Resources, Keisha Cherry, has put together some great tips for new grads. Submit your resume and cover letter in PDF format.  Resume formats can move around when changing operating systems. Don’t expect…

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Tax Day is here…

April 18, 2016

If you’re like millions of Americans who are preparing their taxes today, (3 days later than the normal April 15 deadline – thanks to the Emancipation Day holiday that was celebrated on 4/15 this year) Forbes shared great tips for filing a “(mostly) flawless return.”  Check out their advice here.  Good luck! You have until midnight tonight.  …

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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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Podcast

Podcast | How I Got Into Student Housing – Debbie Daniels

April 14, 2016

Our latest post in the “How I Got Into Student Housing” series features Debbie Daniels, COCM’s Director of Edgewood Commons at Frostburg State University. If you haven’t been following this series, the episodes are designed to be a fairly quick look into how these housing professionals got into this field.  In every episode you hear,…

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The Power of College Rankings

April 11, 2016

Inside Higher Ed recently reviewed a study regarding the reaction of institutions who lose rank in the college rankings report release annually by US News and World Report.  Contrary to what one may think they might do to counter the fall and add a point of attraction, they do just the opposite. Those institutions are found to raise…

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