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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Tuition Price Growth Slowing at Public Colleges

October 30, 2013

The smallest annual increase in tuition prices in more than 30 years!  USA Today published this great news regarding the rising cost of higher education that to many people, has been a hurdle, if not an outright barrier. Check out the short video here.    

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Developing Leaders in Student Affairs – Interview with Kim Moistner-Bartlett

October 24, 2013

You can listen to audio version of the podcast above (or via iTunes), or you can view the video version below. Kim Moistner-Bartlett sat down with us and talked about developing leaders and leadership skills in the higher education world. Kim is an individual who is passionate about developing leadership in higher education, and specifically in student affairs and…

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Great Events in Student Housing History

October 18, 2013

The Multi Family Executive magazine recently did a pretty neat infographic on “Great Events in Student Housing History.”  It shows significant milestones from residential living on campus, from the 23rd century until today. One such fun fact from the document: The first known residential university in the world was established in 470 AD in Bihar, India.…

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The NUFP Experience

October 16, 2013

Finding the right opening hook for a paper, especially blogs with their often vague prompts, was one of the hardest parts of my time in graduate school in Vermont. One may assume that unpacking my multiple identities of power and privilege, adjusting to sub- zero wind chills and “lake effect” snow, or functioning from the…

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Seeing a Campus Through the Eyes of a High School Senior

October 11, 2013

Even though I have worked for an on-campus housing company for 18 years, I have always enjoyed taking campus tours with each of my three children.  I find it fascinating to see a new campus from their eyes and take the campus tour with them.  In the process, it helps me gain insight into what’s…

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How a Little Data Can Solve One of Higher Education’s Biggest Problems

October 8, 2013

Jeff Selingo has a great, inspirational article up about an institution getting innovative using information sitting in its databases to find real ways to help their students. It has created a WIN WIN situation for Georgia State and their students.  The University has been able to improve their retention and graduation rates.  And GSU students…

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Student Housing Matters: A Real Life Example

October 4, 2013

Now that move-in has come to an end and we have been able to get back into the normal flow of business, I have been rereading some of the old posts on here. Seeing the pictures from all of the different sites, great interviews and, of course, the new freshman class that have just moved…

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Cost Tipping Point?

October 1, 2013

I found this to be a very interesting article about college costs and the perceptions that they have dramatically increased in recent years. I was especially intrigued by the statement that the actual cost (in inflation adjusted dollars) to parents for private school tuition and fees was only about $3,000 more than in the early…

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10 College Presidents on Twitter Who Are Doing it Right!

September 26, 2013

Hats off to the 10 presidents listed in this article about the presidents who are “getting it right” with using Twitter. The presidents are: 1.            SANTA J. ONO, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI 2.            WALLACE D. LOH, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 3.            WALTER M. KIMBROUGH, DILLARD UNIVERSITY 4.            ANGEL CABRERA, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY…

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Move-In Photo Contest 2013 Winner: University of Houston

September 24, 2013

Day 5 – Univ. of Houston giant team photo[/caption] The 2013 move-in contest was a really neat way to see what the move-in process looks like at schools across the country.  We received over 125 photos over the two weeks and hate that everyone couldn’t win because it was extremely fun going through them all. …

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Podcast

Recognizing the “Click Moment” – Interview with Frans Johansson

September 18, 2013

In this interview, we spoke with Frans Johansson. An author, entrepreneur, and consultant, Frans has spoken to audiences around the world, from the boardroom of large corporations to villages in developing countries.  We spoke with him about his most recent book, (“The Click Moment”) as he shared some thoughts and ideas with us on how people working…

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