- Did you know that even when adjusted for error, 38% to 71% of students think Kalamazoo College should only have a housing policy for the first year?
- And 53% to 84% of students think there should be NO meal plan requirement?
My study aimed to see what students at Kalamazoo College thought about the current housing system. From there, I wanted to further identify what smart investments the college could make to make the housing at K-College more appealing. From a total population of about 1,200 students, 36 submitted answers to a survey regarding current housing, alternative housing, new housing options, opinions on school housing policy, and amount one would be willing to pay.
These are the highest and lowest ranking choices based on a 1-5 scale. (All means have an interval with 95% confidence)
Current Housing
HIGH Internet: 3.530-4.246
LOW Cable: 1.468-2.198
Alternative Housing
HIGH Apartment-Style Dorms: 3.906-4.482
LOW Off-Campus Life Programming : 2.866-3.746
Alternative Housing Options
HIGH Cable: 3.955-4.711
LOW Long-Distance Phone Plans: 2.230-3.324
For my first hypothesis testing, I tested my mean of satisfaction with Kalamazoo College life to that of the Princeton review. I found my calculation of satisfaction with student living to be higher than that of The Princeton Review.
I found a slightly positive relationship between age and the satisfaction with the school (+.258), a very negative relationship between satisfaction with the school and income (-8.044), and a negative relationship between GPA and school housing satisfaction. . I expected that older students would be less satisfied with the school, but was wrong. I did think that the more income a student had, the less satisfied they’d be with housing, however not a strong as the regression suggests.
There was a very slightly positive relationship between the appeal of the housing option and the willingness to pay (+.0011). This was not what I expected. One would think that the appealing the idea, the more willing a student is to pay for it. I did find a positive relationship between annual income and the appeal of apartment-style dorms. After seeing the negative relationship between satisfaction with current housing and income, this doesn’t surprise me.
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