Should colleges get rid of on campus housing?

[Joey_P]

@Urbanredneck

Thank you. I appreciate the input.

My point is I while I think universities are pretty good at general security and safety issues on campus say the campus grounds and buildings, I just don’t think they are as effective in the students bedrooms and during weekend parties.

So if you agree that the university [police] do a pretty good job at keeping everything at bay in the public area but can’t do anything about what goes on behind closed doors then all you’re doing is attempting to shift responsibility from the university to the city, who also can’t magically see what’s going on behind closed doors, while at the same time removing the things you think they are good at.

I don’t see the upsides, what I see is ‘we’re going to take the blame away from the school and put the kids at more of a risk’.

Also, what’s this about weekend parties? Do you think the police go home on the weekends? At least where I went to school, if you were loud enough to be heard outside your dorm/[on campus] apartment, someone would be knocking on the door. Or are you under the impression that weekend parties don’t happen off campus?
TLDR, What I’m getting from all of this is that you’re trying to protect the school, not the student.

[laurieb]

I loved on-campus housing when I went to college. I wasn’t quite ready for my own apartment yet, or even one with a roommate. It just felt safer.

Also, rapes and assaults don’t only happen in dorms and frat houses. A friend of mine was sexually assaulted by a stranger near her apartment.