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Before the 1960s and until 1990, university residences were constructed to support multiple chance encounters with students on the same floor or building through shared space. Dorm life in Washburn Hall, San Jose State College, early 1970s. (San José State University Special Collections & Archives)

Why old, shared dorms are better than new, private student residences

Shelagh McCartney, Toronto Metropolitan University and Ximena Rosenvasser, Toronto Metropolitan University

Student residences built in recent decades prioritize privacy, yet research shows a lack of student socialization spaces negatively affects students’ academic performance and well-being.
Universities need to offer planned socializing for students who entered programs after 2020 and are less likely to know other people in their cohort. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nicole Osborne

Students returning to campus want the ‘university experience’ missed during COVID-19

Blake Lee-Whiting, University of Toronto and Thomas Bergeron, University of Toronto

Students in an international survey said they really missed chances to be together in person for campus-related activities, not only due to academic concerns.
Halls, dormitories, or staying at home with the parents: the university experience is different all over the world. from www.shutterstock.com.au

The campus experience is changing all over the world

Jason M Lodge, The University of Melbourne; Karen Sobel-Lojeski, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Paul Ashwin, Lancaster University

With advances in technology and changes in the demographics of people attending university, the campus experience is changing.

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