Postwar College Housing

Abstract

Students, whether graduate or undergraduate, while attending the University must have their places of residence approved by the proper authorities of the University. If, in the opinion of the Board of Regents or its representatives, the conditions at any such place are not conducive to study, health, or morals, it may, at its discretion, insist that students vacate such residence and occupy rooms that are approved by the Board. Prior to March, I940, the supervision of students' residences was divided between an assistant in the office of the dean of student affairs and the director of the Student Housing Bureau in the office of the dean of women. The functions of these two staff members consisted largely of a personal inspection visit to private residences providing rooms for students, the preparation and printing of an annual list of approved houses, and the adjudication of disputes between students and proprietors of rooming houses. In the spring of I940, the report of a special presidential committee was approved which provided for the annual inspection of students' rooms by the staff of the University Health Service, the delegation of other functions including contracts and adjustments of disagreements to the dean of students' affairs and dean of women, and the appointment of a woman to a full-time position as director of the Housing Bureau. On July I, I94I, administrative responsibility for the Housing Bureau was assigned to the dean of students. At the present time the following functions are performed by the staff of the Student Housing Bureau: