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http://dailycampus.com/stories/2017/7/17/uconn-housing-below-capacity-for-2017-18-academic-year
On-campus housing applications are below capacity for the University of Connecticut's 2017-2018 academic year, according to UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz. Over 500 empty beds are predicted for the spring semester, Reitz said.
“Student applications for on-campus housing are at or below the available amount, with about 12,500 to 12,700 in residence halls at the start of each fall semester for the past several years,” Reitz said. “There is no wait list of students seeking on-campus housing who can’t get it.”
UConn was also unable to reach housing capacity for the 2016-2017 year, according to Reitz. The spring semester usually has more open spots than the fall semester due to dropouts, transfers, students studying abroad and other factors, Reitz said.
“The decrease is a result of our decision to reduce the size of incoming freshman classes, which is necessary because the state’s block grant to UConn isn’t enough for us to keep increasing enrollment as NextGen had forecast,” Reitz said.
In light of this, no new plans are being made expand on-campus housing, Reitz said.
“We don’t have plans to build more student housing in the near future, other than the transition of about 50 beds in the Nathan Hale from hotel to dorm use once another hotel opens in the region,” Reitz said. “The original Next Generation Connecticut plan envisioned the construction of an Honors Dorm, but that’s on hold now because we’ve had to level off enrollment as the state’s annual block grant to UConn has been decreasing.”
On-campus housing applications are below capacity for the University of Connecticut's 2017-2018 academic year, according to UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz. Over 500 empty beds are predicted for the spring semester, Reitz said.
“Student applications for on-campus housing are at or below the available amount, with about 12,500 to 12,700 in residence halls at the start of each fall semester for the past several years,” Reitz said. “There is no wait list of students seeking on-campus housing who can’t get it.”
UConn was also unable to reach housing capacity for the 2016-2017 year, according to Reitz. The spring semester usually has more open spots than the fall semester due to dropouts, transfers, students studying abroad and other factors, Reitz said.
“The decrease is a result of our decision to reduce the size of incoming freshman classes, which is necessary because the state’s block grant to UConn isn’t enough for us to keep increasing enrollment as NextGen had forecast,” Reitz said.
In light of this, no new plans are being made expand on-campus housing, Reitz said.
“We don’t have plans to build more student housing in the near future, other than the transition of about 50 beds in the Nathan Hale from hotel to dorm use once another hotel opens in the region,” Reitz said. “The original Next Generation Connecticut plan envisioned the construction of an Honors Dorm, but that’s on hold now because we’ve had to level off enrollment as the state’s annual block grant to UConn has been decreasing.”