{"id":3523,"date":"2019-07-18T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=3523"},"modified":"2019-07-18T07:45:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T11:45:28","slug":"study-traditional-on-campus-housing-offers-academic-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/07\/18\/study-traditional-on-campus-housing-offers-academic-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Traditional On-Campus Housing Offers Academic Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3524\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dorms.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3524\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dorms.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dorms.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dorms-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cinder block walls, bunk beds, and shared bathrooms: Undergrads may like to complain about their on-campus accommodations, but new research suggests that living in a traditional dormitory may help freshmen keep their grades up.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/19496591.2019.1611590?scroll=top&amp;needAccess=true&amp;journalCode=uarp20\">study<\/a> published this summer in the<em> Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice<\/em> found that first-year students in traditional dorm rooms had higher GPAs than those living in on-campus apartment-style housing.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The effects were particularly pronounced among African American students, according to an article about the study published by <em>Inside Higher Ed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the online news source: \u201cThe (study\u2019s) authors note that some parents believe that apartment-style living spaces \u2014 as opposed to more traditional rooms lined down a single corridor \u2014 will benefit their children. But many students find the apartments make them lonely, despite giving them more privacy and space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, researchers found that traditional dorms offer students greater opportunities to socialize with peers, connections which in turn may positively influence academic achievement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2019\/06\/21\/study-shows-how-different-types-college-dormitories-can-affect-grades\">Read more about the study<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em>mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cinder block walls, bunk beds, and shared bathrooms: Undergrads may like to complain about their on-campus accommodations, but new research suggests that living in a traditional dormitory may help freshmen keep their grades up. A study published this summer in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice found that first-year students in traditional dorm &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/07\/18\/study-traditional-on-campus-housing-offers-academic-benefits\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Study: Traditional On-Campus Housing Offers Academic Benefits<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[434],"class_list":["post-3523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-performance","tag-first-year-experience"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-UP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}