Sun.Dec 29, 2024

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ResLife Needs To Let Go: Room Condition Reports

Roompact

I hate them. I have always hated them. I hated them when I was an RA filling them out before resident move in. I hated them as an RD, needing to keep them on file and process them. I hated them as an Assistant Director, fielding appeals to the charges. Room Condition Reports are time.

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ResLife Needs To Let Go: Group RA Interview Processes

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The RA group process has been with us seemingly forever. But why? While group activities (such as group discussions, icebreakers, and team-building exercises) are meant to provide a sense of how potential RAs work in a team and engage with others, I don’t believe they are truly effective. They are contrived and artificial. How does.

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ResLife Needs To Let Go: Student Staff/RAs Designing Educational Programs

Roompact

Something has always bothered me about the way we approach residential education programs. We have an immense opportunity to challenge and support our students to help them learn and grow while in college, and yet we seem to leave things up to chance. Why do we continue to have student staff design educational programming? I.