IHC Student Life Exploratory

Proposal

  • Visit colleges the tours of the 30s and 60s did
    • Ivies
    • MIT
    • Small northeast liberal arts colleges
    • British House Universities
  • Compare student life institutes
  • Compare housing
  • Focus:
    • Ivies for similar prestige
    • MIT for similar focus
    • Liberals for similar size
    • BHU for similar House systems
  • Write a report on our findings, similar to "Reflections on Several Worlds"
  • Tour during 2nd term
  • Finish report by end of year

Randall's notes

  • Talk with RA's, Master of Houses, live-in tutorial leaders, etc., and find out their role in different schools
    • Corollary: Examine other schools' alcohol policies
  • Examine proportion of hum majors
    • Tangent: Look into resuming ARTS bus service
    • Tangent: Possibly set up twice-daily (more often?) bus between Art Center and Tech or Oxy and Tech
  • Consider relation of size and cohesiveness of social groups: 6 person suites, 12-18 person alleys, 80-120 person houses, 200-400 person colleges, 1000-8000 person universities, etc.

Funding Possibilities

  • MHF
  • Tom Mannion
  • Alumni
  • MOSH

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