College Unit Seeks Help from Merriam-Webster to Define Mission
by Alan Finch Freelance Writer The Office of Student Affairs at Holbrook College, a small liberal arts college in northeast Wisconsin, is petitioning famed publishers Merriam-Webster for a greatly expanded thesaurus. The office seeks outside assistance after a nearly twelve-month effort to revise its mission statement. The process began last fall when Dean of Students, [...]
University Reveals Roommate Matching was Whimsical Social Experiment
Posted on Friday, August 27th 2010
Tags: assignments, compatibility, housing, pairings, process, residence, roommate
Tags: assignments, compatibility, housing, pairings, process, residence, roommate
by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer Residential students at Hillgate University are questioning everything they believed to be true about their roommate relationships after it was revealed that their preference surveys were not actually considered in the assignment process. “We have received information that one of our staff members thought it was permissible to use [...]


