“There is never a year where we don’t turn down students who are qualified, and it is solely due to the fact that there are not many spots available, and a lot of students want to become Resident Assistants.”
Students lack choice, communication with housing
Concerns regarding new procedures for housing selection arise from rising sophomores and juniors.
Off-campus exodus: Butler University students move to off-campus housing for the 2020-21 school year
In Fall 2019, 53% of undergraduate students lived in on-campus residence halls and apartments. This semester, however, the number of students living in on-campus housing has dropped to only 45%, the lowest rate in the past decade.
Students find search for off-campus housing difficult
Next school year might be months away, but Butler University juniors are already looking for off-campus housing. Stephen Small, a junior pharmacy major, said the whole process snuck up on him and his future housemates. They began the search in the first couple weeks of September. “It has been hard for juniors [to find houses…