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Dizzy: I went to Harvard, and while the residential colleges (which they call "houses") are perhaps a little more spacious than dorms at some schools, they're not so fancy as you might imagine. The university is very frugal because they want their money to last forever, and because they put more money into research and financial aid as opposed to undergraduate comfort.

If someone moved off-campus, they would get more space and most likely a more comfortable living arrangement than staying on-campus. However, people stay on campus because that's where the community is, that's where your friends are eating and hanging out, and so on.

I don't think you need to offer students a fancier apartment to get them to live on campus, if you just offer them places to live that create that community.

by David Alpert on Jan 26, 2011 8:33 am • link • report

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