Education: September 2019 Archives

How Colleges Pair Freshman Roommates - The Atlantic

"Many new students join groups online to connect with one another before freshman year, and they submit roommate requests based on the information they glean there. But in recent years, many colleges have started to restrict--if not altogether remove--incoming freshmen's say in the roommate-matching process. Schools want to maintain careful control over that process so that they can fulfill higher education's democratic mission at the micro-level of the dorm room." I thought higher education had a different mission, somehow. Still, it's valid to think that students aren't always good at spotting the characteristics that will make someone a good match for sharing close quarters.