It is that time of year again. Incoming freshmen at Northern Illinois University are excited and ready to sign up for housing. Picking where they are going to be living is one of the first choices they make on their road to their new independent college student life. Yet Wait! These new incoming freshmen come upon a roadblock. The mandatory freshman residence policy the school had implemented. First-year students must live in the on-campus residence halls unless they are over twenty-one, married, or live less than fifty miles away from campus. Gone is the choice of choosing their dream lodging. Being able to pick out their own first housing, instead they are shoved into the crowded residence halls.
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One of which is that on-campus students have higher retention and graduation rates than off-campus students. Although ISU does not enforce a mandatory policy for freshmen to live on-campus, the majority of freshmen instead choose to on their own accord live in the residence halls. This is backed by the evidence of 78 percent of freshmen lived on-campus in 2010. More impacts of living in the residence halls are feeling more connected and involved with the university and getting the chance to develop leadership skills, which the students will use throughout their life. This article overall states that communication and connection to the school helps freshmen on-campus students have a higher chance of …show more content…
It talks about some possible bad experiences in college dorms. For example in the text it says “Even in tamer schools, having teens live in close quarters without parental supervision--often for the first time--is bound to make for bizarre situations. Think back-stabbing cliques, noisy neighbors, group kitchens overflowing with dirty dishes, and nasty vomit in the bathroom sinks. (Voiland, 2007). It started out with a negative aspect but takes a turn to talk about some of the good things about living in on campus housing. In the text it says “The frenetic scene in freshman dorms can make them quite a blast, and you'll most likely meet friends you'll never forget… People who start college off campus graduate at lower rates, don't perform as well academically, and report less satisfaction with their college experiences (Voiland, 2007). Although this article slightly weakens our argument there are still some points that support our view on mandatory freshman residence
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History Of …show more content…
One of which is that on-campus students have higher retention and graduation rates than off-campus students. Although ISU does not enforce a mandatory policy for freshmen to live on-campus, the majority of freshmen instead choose to on their own accord live in the residence halls. This is backed by the evidence of 78 percent of freshmen lived on-campus in 2010. More impacts of living in the residence halls are feeling more connected and involved with the university and getting the chance to develop leadership skills, which the students will use throughout their life. This article overall states that communication and connection to the school helps freshmen on-campus students have a higher chance of …show more content…
It talks about some possible bad experiences in college dorms. For example in the text it says “Even in tamer schools, having teens live in close quarters without parental supervision--often for the first time--is bound to make for bizarre situations. Think back-stabbing cliques, noisy neighbors, group kitchens overflowing with dirty dishes, and nasty vomit in the bathroom sinks. (Voiland, 2007). It started out with a negative aspect but takes a turn to talk about some of the good things about living in on campus housing. In the text it says “The frenetic scene in freshman dorms can make them quite a blast, and you'll most likely meet friends you'll never forget… People who start college off campus graduate at lower rates, don't perform as well academically, and report less satisfaction with their college experiences (Voiland, 2007). Although this article slightly weakens our argument there are still some points that support our view on mandatory freshman residence