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Taming the Multi-Headed Beast

students, faculty, staff) to house in empty spaces can also prove beneﬁcial in meeting occupancy needs. Finally, facility improvements can be made in less desirable spaces. Despite such efforts and creative planning, however, under-enrollment often presents more challenges than beneﬁts to most housing operations.

PUTTING PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE
In the opening scenario, the incoming freshman class well exceeded the 1,150 spaces initially reserved for them, but solutions to accommodate the largerthan-expected class were achieved through a multifaceted approach. Putting well-informed occupancy management strategies into play, the decision was made to assign 150 of the additional students to extended

housing options in double rooms converted to triples. Students impacted by this assignment type were offered a $50 per week rebate on their housing costs until one of the students could relocate into a regular occupancy space. These additional bed spaces were made available in two halls in order to help regulate hall density and alleviate general overcrowding. An additional 48 students moved into eight student lounges outﬁtted to hold six students in each. Fiftytwo rising sophomores accepted a generous offer to be released from their housing contract, which allowed them to seek off-campus accommodations, and 40 incoming freshmen were able to change their residency status to commuter when the allowable commuting radius from the university was increased from 15 to 20 miles. Lastly, renovation plans

for one residence hall were modiﬁed so that only two ﬂoors in a four-story, 120-bed space residence hall would be renovated during the upcoming academic year, leaving the top two ﬂoors available for the remaining 60 students. The decision to defer renovation also gave the institution an extra year to obtain additional funding for the remaining renovations. Once the over-enrollment problem is solved and all the necessary housing for these students has been secured, there is only one thing left to do. That’s right. Start thinking about next year. TS

Christopher Heasley

is the associate director of housing and operations at Saint Joseph University in Philadelphia. Email at cheasley@sju.edu.

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Contents
Online Now
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Res Life
Special Focus
Calendar
Making the Most of Assessment Results
Taming the Multi-Headed Beast
Conversations
First Takes
Reporting Out
Welcome
Snapshot
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Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Vision
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Talking Stick - September/October 2011 - Just In
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