1. Global Perspectives on Student Housing
Colin Marshall
Globalisation Director for ACUHO-I
Director Campus Life University of Ballarat
Global Perspectives
on Student Housing
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2. Overview of session
• About ACUHO-I
• Standards and Core
Competencies
• Campus Housing Management
• 21st Century Project
• Challenges for the profession
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3. • Who is ACUHO-I?
• What do we do?
• ACUHO-I is the association
for you
• Membership benefits and
privileges
• Membership types
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4. ACUHOI’s mission
ACUHO-I aspires to be the leading global
network & United States expert on College &
University housing, by providing access to
knowledge & resources.
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10. ONLINE EVENTS AND TOOLKITS
SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOLKITS FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF
• Identify professional development priorities and guide action plan
development
• Create constructive conversations and coaching
• Aggregate data for departmental planning
WEBINARS AND VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLES
• Presentations by subject matter experts on hot topics in the profession
• Virtual Roundtables allow for extended discussion with peers
• Scheduled on a monthly basis
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11. RESOURCES
• ACUHO-I Library
• Talking Stick magazine published six
times a year (both digital and online)
• Journal of College & University Student
Housing (both digital and online)
• ACUHO-I Bookstore
• ACUHO-I News Blog
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19. What was it?
• Forward thinking in the design of students residences on
University campuses
• The 21 Housing Project Summit: A process of bringing a
number of stakeholders into a conversation
• The goal was not to predict the future, but to look at trends,
evaluate information and envision the future
• Student residences of the future
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23. Sustainability
Construction materials > Building management
systems > Alternate energy sources and energy
management > Efficient water use > Recycling >
Technology
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27. The home
Primarily a one- or two-person
space:
• Privacy obtainable by
closing a door
• Moving away from shared
bathrooms and sleeping
quarters
• Apartment or unit style
that could hold as up to
eight students, with one-
or two -person rooms
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28. The block
A grouping of a number of
“homes”:
• Usually referred to as a
“floor,” “wing,” or “pod”
• Population totals from 15
to 50, though about 30
students considered typical
• Includes residential support
• Community space
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29. The neighborhood
A grouping of “blocks” and
essentially a single building:
– Population of
approximately 150
people
– Common amenities and
shared public space such
as a lobby and front desk,
classroom, café, etc.
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30. The village
An arrangement of
“neighborhoods” plus a central
commons:
– Population in the order of 500
to 1,000 or more
– Size depends on demand
– Community “connected” by
geographical proximity,
common spaces (such as
catering), sense of location,
common civic concern.
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