Accommodation

Most colleges and universities provide single or multiple occupancy rooms for their students, usually at a cost. These buildings consist of many such rooms, like an apartment building, and the number of rooms varies quite widely from just a few to hundreds. The largest dormitory building is Bancroft Hall at the United States Naval Academy.

Many colleges and universities no longer use the word "dormitory" and staff are now using the term residence hall (analogous to the United Kingdom "hall of residence") or simply "hall" instead.

College and university residential rooms vary in size, shape, facilities and number of occupants. Typically, a United States residence hall room holds two students with no toilet. This is usually referred to as a "double". Often, residence halls have communal bathroom facilities.

In the United States, residence halls are sometimes segregated by sex, with men living in one group of rooms, and women in another. Some dormitory complexes are single-sex with varying limits on visits by persons of each sex.

Most residence halls are much closer to campus than comparable private housing such as apartment buildings. This convenience is a major factor in the choice of where to live since living physically closer to classrooms is often preferred, particularly for first-year students who may not be permitted to park vehicles on campus. Universities may therefore provide priority to first-year students when allocating this accommodation.

In UK universities these buildings are usually called "halls of residence" (commonly referred to as "halls"), except at Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, St Andrews, York, Lancaster and Kent where the residential accommodation is incorporated in each college's complex of buildings, and simply known as "rooms".

The majority of bedrooms in UK halls are now single occupancy - offering the first chance at privacy for some young people who shared bedrooms with siblings at home. Kitchen facilities are usually shared, as are bathrooms in some halls, though more expensive en suite rooms are available in some universities.

5. Student’s rights, duties and responsibilities

Students’ rights in the context of higher education often extends to concepts like:

ü the right to form groups of their choosing to express their views, and receive funding for them;

ü the right to speak freely, assemble, and demonstrate;

ü the right to due process and an impartial hearing in any disciplinary matter;

ü the right to participate in the governance of the institution;

ü the right to make rules and regulations and have primary responsibility for the governance of student conduct;

ü the right to do as they will, so long as they harm no other.

The student is responsible for:

ü attending classes every day

ü arriving in class on time

ü remaining quiet and on task during class time

ü bringing to class all necessary materials (book, paper, pen, pencil, calculator, etc.)

ü taking proper care of his/her book and returning it at the end of the course

ü completing all assignments, including quizzes and tests

ü participating in all class discussions and question-and-answer sessions

ü getting email addresses from fellow classmates and his/her prof/teachers.

6. Academic year

An academic term or term is a division of an academic year, the time during which an educational institution holds classes. The schedules adopted vary widely.

A semester system divides the academic year into two terms, roughly 16–18 weeks each.

A trimester system divides the academic year into three terms, roughly 14 – 16 weeks each.

A quarter or quadmester system divides the academic year into four terms, roughly 12 weeks each, and generally counts the summer as one of the terms.

In most countries, the academic year begins with the start of autumn and ends during the following summer

A 'semester' (from the Latin meaning "six-monthly", or Semi-, half) has come to mean either of two academic terms, generally excluding the summer or January terms.

Date: 2015-04-20; view: 863