Sustainability blog!

Be sure to check out the Campus Advantage Greensite, our new sustainability blog. This is part of our effort to promote sustainable practices, not only in our management processes, but also with our residents. http://www.campusadv.com/green

Useful Student Housing Blogs

Here are links to two useful blogs related the Student Housing industry:

http://www.studenthousing.pro
http://www.studenthousingplanet.com

College Towns Are Still A Smart Investment

Campus Advantage in Globe Street

http://www.globest.com/news/949_949/dallas/162302-1.html

Sell Me | in-unit technology

As the world becomes more technologically advanced, we are seeing that the internet is playing an increasingly important roll in student housing. From high-tech websites to paying rent online, students, who are at the forefront of the technology movement, are looking for housing that incorporates all of these enhancements. In the following article, Dan Oltersdorf, Vice President of Residence Life, summarizes the measures Campus Advantage has taken to include the technologies that students desire in our communities.

http://www.multi-housingnews.com/multihousing/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003592798

Fire Safety in Student Housing

Campus Advantage, as student housing managers, regards the safety of our residents as a top priority. The following article discusses fire safety and the use of fire suppression sprinkler systems in residence halls. Even though this article was based upon studies done in Iowa, this is a problem facing the entire United States. While most new residence halls are being built with these systems, many of the older halls are not equipped with sprinklers. In recent years, more universities and owners of student housing have begun to install these safety systems in their older residence halls, but it is still an issue facing student housing everywhere.

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2007/02/05/news/breaking_news/doc45c7028d1465d213928368.txt

Off-campus housing cuts back expenses

Campus Advantage recognizes that each market will provide students with different challenges; however, an overwhelmingly majority of students point to rate increases as the main source of monetary burden. With our vast experience in student housing management and drawing on our days as students, we try to understand the demand of each market. Speaking with universities and students provide us with the best insight to any rate increases, and we are then able to incorporate this feedback into our market studies. This article is the perfect example of students finding more affordable housing off-campus due to the increase in on-campus room rates.


http://poly.union.rpi.edu/article_view.php3?view=5252&part=1