How meaningful would it be to have a sense of control when it comes to residence room selection? It can be overwhelming or intimidating to consider a move to online room selection. We can appreciate that you may see the value of online room selection, but you need to convince stakeholders of the value.
For those of you who are able to work from home, you’ve likely found out that it’s not as glamorous as it sounds. There are distractions present, assumptions about what it will be like and how much you can get done, and guilt about what you should be doing and how you are privileged to have this opportunity. Our Client Success team thought it may be helpful to share some of our tips for working from home when you’re used to a fast-paced, highly interactive environment.
It’s not always intuitive for students to think about what characteristics are important when living with someone. Popular media has suggested that you need to be best friends with your freshman roommate, and if you’re not, it’s a failed relationship. There is value in creating learning opportunities for your students to understand the criteria for matching roommates. You can take it one step further by letting your students select their own roommates.
From many of you, I hear that you feel alone and that all of the work falls on your shoulders. You are dealing with real lives, and your decisions have real implications for the students that you work with. It’s a lot of pressure, and it’s difficult when you feel alone.
If you’re feeling alone, looking for support, wanting access to resources, or even looking for ideas, please reach out. We’d love to help you connect and strengthen our community.
We’re always looking for ways to improve our assignment processes. Whether you’re looking to improve efficiencies for your staff or increase the autonomy for your students, we all can benefit from learning about the best practices of other institutions. Saint Mary’s College is doing things a little differently. Let’s take a minute to learn about their online room selection process.
Assessment is on the forefront for many student affairs professionals. Behind the buzz is data and proof that our work matters. As part of this broader effort to improve assessment efforts, housing and residence life professionals need solid strategies to make sense of assessment data, drive action, and improve the student experience. Benchmarking is one powerful option.
In order to be successful as an occupancy manager, you need to leverage your data for your stakeholders. The success of occupancy managers is determined by their ability to leverage their occupancy data and make it accessible for stakeholders. By thinking beyond what is wrong and where the vacancies or voids exist, occupancy managers can create opportunities for greater student satisfaction and retention.
Occupancy Managers often do not get the attention and praise they deserve. They manage a large amount of data and details that directly impact student satisfaction. This blog post is going to dive deeper into this debate around the value of an occupancy report versus that of a vacancy report.
