Housing changes to come as space grows scarce
Peter Withey, Staff Writer
Issue date: 1/24/07 Section: News
Many upperclassmen who want to live on campus next fall may have to change their plans, according to Dominic Petruzzelli, director of Residence Life.
"Next year we are planning to make a paradigm shift between our on-campus and off-campus students," Petruzzelli said. "As a university, we want to help our students get adjusted."
The "adjustment" that the school is hoping to help students make is different for each. For underclassmen, the University hopes to help them adjust from living at home to being in an on-campus environment that fosters personal growth as individuals. For the upperclassmen, the shift involves maturing into adults who are capable of taking care of themselves without constant supervision, Petruzzelli said.
The fostering of personal growth will not come without changes in present living situations though. According to Petruzzelli, the University is planning to have the underclassmen stay on campus while the upperclassmen move to the residential off-campus housing the school is "actively pursuing." In his estimation, there are fewer upperclassmen who want to stay on campus than in years past, and thus, the shift would fit both needs.
Petruzzelli also said that there may yet be some housing available to upperclassmen who want to live on campus, and that the University will work with students who are guaranteed housing under the terms of their scholarships if they wish to stay on campus. The availability of off-campus housing has not been determined yet, but Petruzzelli is hopeful that specifics of exactly what housing is available for which students will be known relatively soon.
"We're giving ourselves a target date of the first week of April," he said.
With an ever-increasing amount of freshmen being accepted into St. John's, the need for housing has grown, and as such, housing has become increasingly sparce. To help remedy the situation, additions to the present off-campus housing located on Union Turnpike and the surrounding areas of the school will be made. Residence Life is planning on acquiring additional land so that more housing can be provided by the fall of 2007.
"Next year we are planning to make a paradigm shift between our on-campus and off-campus students," Petruzzelli said. "As a university, we want to help our students get adjusted."
The "adjustment" that the school is hoping to help students make is different for each. For underclassmen, the University hopes to help them adjust from living at home to being in an on-campus environment that fosters personal growth as individuals. For the upperclassmen, the shift involves maturing into adults who are capable of taking care of themselves without constant supervision, Petruzzelli said.
The fostering of personal growth will not come without changes in present living situations though. According to Petruzzelli, the University is planning to have the underclassmen stay on campus while the upperclassmen move to the residential off-campus housing the school is "actively pursuing." In his estimation, there are fewer upperclassmen who want to stay on campus than in years past, and thus, the shift would fit both needs.
Petruzzelli also said that there may yet be some housing available to upperclassmen who want to live on campus, and that the University will work with students who are guaranteed housing under the terms of their scholarships if they wish to stay on campus. The availability of off-campus housing has not been determined yet, but Petruzzelli is hopeful that specifics of exactly what housing is available for which students will be known relatively soon.
"We're giving ourselves a target date of the first week of April," he said.
With an ever-increasing amount of freshmen being accepted into St. John's, the need for housing has grown, and as such, housing has become increasingly sparce. To help remedy the situation, additions to the present off-campus housing located on Union Turnpike and the surrounding areas of the school will be made. Residence Life is planning on acquiring additional land so that more housing can be provided by the fall of 2007.
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J Miller
posted 1/28/07 @ 4:41 PM NA
Rationalize it any way you want to, but the real reason for moving upperclassmen off of campus is to increase the amount of income to the university. With housing at a premium,incoming freshman will most likely pay more for the 'privilege' of living on campus. (Continued…)
icedmauby
C.C
posted 1/28/07 @ 5:39 PM NA
I agree with J. Miller, as a senior and an ex-resident, I too have been bumped out or the campus become of my academic standings as well as others who I know live far away from New York. (Continued…)
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posted 2/10/10 @ 10:21 PM NA
This was a very good move as statistics have show in the past that bad housing situations can certainly cause decreased enrollment at the university.
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