Copies of materials in sections marked * have been placed on deposit in the Lawrence archives.
* Lawrence Board of Trustees
Charge to the Community from the Board of Trustees, 1998
Suggested Topics for Consideration by the Task Force on Residential Life, Trustee Committee on Student Affairs, 1999
Clarification of Charge, Trustee Committee on Student Affairs, 1999
"How the Fraternity Quad Came to Be," memo prepared by Jeff Riester for the Trustee Committee on Student Affairs and the Task Force on Residential Life, 1999
Addendum to the Charge from the Lawrence University Board of Trustees to the Task Force on Student Residential Life, 2000
Selected Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees (1939-56)
* Lawrence Reports and Publications
Liberal Education at Lawrence: Report of the Select Committee on Planning, 1969
Report of the Ad hoc Committee on Residence Halls, 1970
Report of the Committee on the Residential Nature of the University, 1971
A Lawrence Scrapbook: Readings in the Theory and Practice of Liberal Education, 1974
Summary Report of the Long-Range Planning Task Force, 1977
Report of the Memorial Union Program Development Committee, 1989
NCA Self-Study Report, 1989
Report of the Task Force on Retention, 1994
Report of the Task Force on Student Development, 1995
Report of the Task Force on the Office of the Dean of Students, 1995
Lawrence University Strategic Positioning and Recruitment Marketing Plan. Report of Findings and Recommendations, Art & Science Group Inc., 1995
Strategic Options for the Campus Plan of Lawrence University, Sasaki Associates Report, 1995
Residence Life Administrative Departmental Self-Study Report, 1997 (updated 1998)
Food and Food Service Survey, 1997
HEDS Senior Survey, 1998
NCA Self-Study Report, 1998
Academic Experience Questionnaire, 1999
WCATY Accelerated Learning Program Student Survey, 1999
Core Alcohol and Drug Survey, 1999
"A Day in the Life of Lawrence," Lawrence Today 80 (1999), 6-25
NCA Reaccreditation Report, 1999
Small Houses Report, prepared for the Trustee Committee on Buildings and Grounds by Bill Hodgkiss, 1999
Survey of Student Satisfaction with Housing, 1999
Fraternity House Evaluation Summary, 1999
Food Service Materials
Food Service Customer Survey
Downer Meal Checklist
Comparison of Numbers of Students on Residential Meal Plans
Food Services Financial Analysis
Weekly Meal Counts, Residential Food Service
Board Plan Menus
Newsletter
Bulk Food Requests
Picnic Orders
Summary of Residential Facilities
Residence Hall Floor Plans
Enrollment Patterns
Housing and Maintenance Policies and Procedures for Houses in the Quad
Course Catalog
Student Handbook
A Guide for Parents
Campus Organizations Guidebook
Campus Organizations Handbook
Admissions Materials
Fraternity Handbook
Sorority Handbook
* Materials Generated by the Task Force
Clarification of Charge
Interim Report of the Task Force on Residential Life
First Progress Report on the Work of the Task Force on Residential Life
Second Progress Report on the Work of the Task Force on Residential Life
Third Progress Report on the Work of the Task Force on Residential Life
Update and Invitation for Community Input
Fourth Progress Report on the Work of the Task Force on Residential Life
Task Force on Residential Life: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Task Force Statement of Principles of Residential Life
Survey of Student Opinion on Residential Life
Survey of Faculty Opinion
Survey of Staff Opinion
Summary of Listening Sessions with Students
Letters and e-mails from students, staff, faculty, and alumni
Minutes of Task Force Meetings
Food Services:
Survey of Food Services
Survey of Small College Food Services
Survey of Outsourced Food Service Operations at Other Institutions (Office of Institutional Research)
Sample contract for Contracted Food Service
Sample RFP for Contracted Food Service (Ripon College)
Report on Food Service
Discussion Paper for Campus Dining (Cornyn Fasano Group)
Strategic Action Plan for Campus Dining Services (Cornyn Fasano Group)
Housing:
Recommendations Concerning Group Housing
Summary of Housing Stock
Distribution of Beds
Report on Solving the Equity Problem
Fraternity and Sorority Membership Patterns
Summary of Interviews
Campus Life:
Survey of Campus Organizations
Report of the Sub-Committee on the Campus Center
* Reports Received by the Task Force
Report on the Role of Alcohol and Other Drugs on the Lawrence Campus (Office of the Dean of Students)
Parking Report (Campus Services)
Sexual Harrassment and Sexual Assault Resource Board:
Sexual Harrassment and Sexual Assault Information
Issues in Need of Task Force Attention
* Reports from Other Institutions
Building Community at Bowdoin College. An Interim Report of The Commission on Residential Life to The Board of Trustees of Bowdoin College, Bowdoin College, 1997
The Enhanced Residential Plan, Middlebury College, 1998
Maintaining the Quality of Greek Life at Colorado College, Colorado College, 1998
Recommendations and Report on Student Life at Franklin and Marshall College by The Committee to Study Student Life, Franklin and Marshall College, 1966
Report of the Committee on the Student Life Initiative, Dartmouth College, 2000
The Report of the Committee on Residential Life. A New Era: Residential Life at Hamilton, Hamilton College, 1995
Course Catalogs and Student Handbooks/Guides from Other Institutions
The Task Force examined materials from the following institutions:
Albion College
Beloit College
Bowdoin College
Carleton College
Coe College
Colby College
Colgate University
College of Wooster
Colorado College
Davidson College
Denison University
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Hope College
Kenyon College
Knox College
Macalester College
Middlebury College
Oberlin College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Pomona College
Ripon College
St. Norbert College
St. Olaf College
Swarthmore College
Trinity College, Hartford
Wheaton College
Williams College
* Site Visits
Additional materials were gathered from the following institutions during on-site visits:
Carleton College
Grinnell College
Macalester College
Pomona College
St. Olaf College
Ripon College
St. Norbert College
Professional Literature Pertaining to the Residential Liberal Arts College
Alexander Astin, "How the Liberal Arts College Affects Students," Daedalus 128 (1999), 77-100
________, What Matters in College: Four Critical Years Revisited (San Francisco, 1993)
Gregory S. Blimling and Lawrence J. Miltenberger, The Resident Assistant: Working with College Students in Residence Halls (Dubuque, Iowa, 1984)
Howard R. Bowers, Investment in Learning (San Francisco, 1977)
Ernest L. Boyer, Campus Life: In Search of Community (Princeton, 1990)
Geoffrey Canada, "The Currents of Democracy: The Role of Small Liberal Arts Colleges," Daedalus 128 (1999), 121-132
David A. DeCoster and Phyllis Mable, Student Development and Education in College Residence Halls (Washington, DC, 1974)
Ursula Delworth and others, Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession (San Francisco, 1981)
Peter J. Gomes, "Affirmation and Adaptation: Values and the Elite Residential College," Daedalus 128 (1999), 101-119
Richard H. Hersh, "Generating Ideals and Transforming Lives: A Contemporary Case for the Residential Liberal Arts College," Daedalus 128 (1999), 173-194
George D. Kuh and others, Involving Colleges. Successful Approaches to Fostering Student Learning and Development Outside the Classroom (San Francisco, 1991)
Arthur Levine and Jeanette S. Cureton, When Hope and Fear Collide. A Portrait of Today’s College Student (San Francisco, 1998)
Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro, "The Future Economic Challenges for the Liberal Arts Colleges," Daedalus 128 (1999), 47-75
Eugene M. Lang, "Distinctively American: The Liberal Arts College," Daedalus 128 (1999), 133-150
Ernest T. Pascarella and Patrick T. Terenzini, How College Affects Students (San Francisco, 1991)
Edward G. Whipple, ed., New Challenges for Greek Letter Organizations: Transforming Fraternities and Sororities into Learning Communities (San Francisco, 1998)
Roger B. Winston, Jr. and others, Student Housing and Residential Life (San Francisco, 1993)
Henry M. Wriston, The Nature of a Liberal College, (Appleton, 1937)
Journals
The Journal of College and University Student Housing, Association of College and University Housing Officers–International
On Campus Hospitality
College Planning and Maintenance
The Bulletin, Association of College Unions International
ACUHO-I Talking Stick, The News Magazine of the Association of College and University Housing Officers–International
* Miscellaneous
Materials on Co-operative Living
General Information About Co-ops, NASCO (North American Students of Cooperation)
Sunflower House Cooperative (University of Kansas)
Peterson House, International House (Knox College)
Oberlin Co-ops (Oberlin College)