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BU Task Force on Specialty Residences

Fall 2009


Announcements:

  • First Draft is done! Draft of Report is avialable here in Word and PDF formats. We will be circulating it to Dean Sapiro and Dean Elmore for comments before giving the final draft to Joe Mercurio. Thanks to all for your hard work!

The Charge

This group has been charged by Senior Vice President Joe Mercurio with developing a plan for the development of our specialty housing system; the report containing our recommendations is due in January, and will be used to make decisions about resource allocations in the current (and future) budget cycles. The committee is jointly chaired by David Zamojski and Wayne Snyder.

Members

  • Bilbie-Alexander, Jennifer L <jbilbie@bu.edu>
  • Cox, Caitlin <caitjcox@bu.edu>
  • Jacobs, Karen <kjacobs@bu.edu>
  • Jean, Ruth L <ruthiej@bu.edu>
  • Lancaster, Yvette V <ylancast@bu.edu>
  • Murphy, Raymond T <rtmurphy@bu.edu>
  • Nelson, Stephanie <nelson@bu.edu>
  • Snyder, Wayne <snyder@bu.edu>
  • Zamojski, David <zamojski@bu.edu>
  Readings and Research
  • National Study of Living-Learning Communities
  • National Survey of Student Engagement Report [ PDF ]
  • BU Student Satisfaction Survey 2004/2008 [ PDF ]
  • First-Year Experience Task Force Website (contains resources, survey results, and final report, all relevant to first-year students)
  • Specialty Housing (SH) Room Selection Data [XLS]
  • SH Advisors and RAs [XLS]
  • SH Training Manual 09-10 [DOC]
  • First Letter to Advisors about RA Selection [DOC]
  • Articles distributed at meetings:
    • A National Portrait of Living-Learning Communities [PDF] -- This is the summary article about the the National Survey that I gave a summary of in meeting (link is above)
    • Innovative Directions for Living-Learning Communities [PDF]
    • Learning Communities (for First-Year Students) [PDF]
  • Additional articles on the outcomes of various program types:
    • Student Outcomes: The Impact of Varying Living-Learning Community Models [PDF]
    • Different by Design: An Examination of Student
      Outcomes Among Participants in Three Types of
      Living-Learning Programs [PDF]