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Mortgages and more administration. I watched my school build new building after new building (New Residence Hall, New Chemistry Hall, New Engineering Building,
by yardie 7y ago
Mortgages and more administration. I watched my school build new building after new building (New Residence Hall, New Chemistry Hall, New Engineering Building, etc.) and then wait for a benefactor to donate enough to name the building after them. These donations never approached the costs of maintaining and furnishing the new building. Just like lots of other things in America larger rooms were in demand as well. An old dorm with 200sqft dorm rooms housing 2 students was knocked down for dorms with 1000sqft suites housing 4 students.
- vkou 7y agoAnd then, to pay for rebuilding the dorms, undergrads are forced[1] to live in them, even if they could find cheaper housing somewhere else. [1] The people justifying these requirements, of course, spend much time hand-wringing about how important it is for students to live in their expensive dorms.