Category: student housing

UCLA Freshmen Will Be Offered Four Years in Campus Dorms

March 17, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) announced on March 17 it will guarantee up to four years of housing in university-owned residences for incoming freshmen and two years for transfer students, beginning this fall. The university said the expanded housing guarantee is possible because the campus is in the midst of expanding its housing inventory….

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University Housing Crisis Looms, Some UCSB Students Live in Cars and Hotels

December 4, 2021
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Challenges have emerged in the Isla Vista rental market, surrounding the University of California–Santa Barbara (UCSB) prompting some students to live in cars and hotels. In 2019, UCSB undergraduate enrollment reached an all-time high, with 23,349 students enrolled for the fall term. Undergraduate enrollment remained steady for the 2020-2021 school year with over…

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Pennsylvania’s Consolidated University’s New Name Revealed, Plus Plans to Curb Declining Enrollment

October 14, 2021
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A new university name, a bigger budget request, and a strategy to curb badly declining university enrollment were all approved during a marathon, two-day meeting that concluded Thursday for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) board of governors. The meeting was held at Millersville University, one of 14 universities that make up the…

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Orange Puts a Temporary Halt to Neighborhood Dorm Construction

February 18, 2021
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City officials have put a halt to the dormitory-style construction projects plaguing neighborhoods in Orange, California. The Orange City Council unanimously passed an urgency ordinance prohibiting the addition of three or more bedrooms or bathrooms to qualifying residences. “[This] is the first of multiple fronts the city is opening to ensure the long-term stability of…

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