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Report of Trend

Two years ago the Long
Range Planning Committee of
the Student Council presented a
report of general trends in housing
here and at other universities.

The committee hopes that
their report will be a logical extension
of the report submitted
two years ago.

At present, the University is
experiencing a lull in the need
for construction of dormitory
space. "This offers the University
an excellent opportunity to
examine fully the role housing
should play in this educational
environment," the report states.

The report continues: "One of
the major goals of a residential
college system at this University
would be to have housing play a
truly significant role in a student's
education. The student
would have the opportunity for
closer, more informal relationships
with the faculty."

Many smaller, private colleges
have had residential college systems
for years. But recently,
larger state universities have begun
to use residential college
systems. Schools such as Michigan
State University, the University
of Massachusetts, and the
University of North Carolina
have established residential college
systems primarily as an effort
to overcome the problems
of "bigness."