<p>Hi,
Which CC/junior colleges in the States offer winter admission and have dormitories/halls?
Thanks</p>
<p>Out-of-state tuition is so outrageously high, even at community colleges, and finding a school with on-campus housing can really be a challenge !!!</p>
<p>Do a net search on 'community college' and 'campus housing' ... i.e.</p>
<p>Dawson</a> CC in Montana - housing
Dawson</a> College - tuition</p>
<p>Edmonds</a> CC in Washington state - off-campus housing
About</a> Edmonds CC</p>
<p>Gogebic</a> CC in Michigan - campus suites
Gogebic</a> CC - tuition</p>
<p>Colby</a> CC in Kansas - housing
About</a> Colby CC</p>
<p>The New Community College Trend: On-campus housing for students
By Melanie Kalmar
<a href="http://www.forwardillinois.com/schools/community_college.aspx%5B/url%5D">http://www.forwardillinois.com/schools/community_college.aspx</a></p>
<p>Traditionally, community colleges have been commuter schools. Soon, that will no longer be the case. </p>
<p>A gradual change is underway at the two-year colleges, with trend-setters like Joliet</a> Junior College and Peoria’s</a> Illinois Central College providing campus housing. </p>
<p>The concept, it turns out, appeals to students in more ways than one. They can experience campus life without being at a four-year university. The cost of student housing is less than most rents outside of campus. And for students who don’t live within a community college’s district, campus housing eliminates an unfeasible commute. </p>
<p>The profile of a student who attends community college is no longer just that of someone with ambitions to head out to a four year university. Sure, transfer students attend community college but so do workers looking to update their skills and students who want to take advantage of the many special programs offered at community colleges that can springboard them into a career. Nursing programs and studies in veterinarian medicine are among the many specialty curriculums offered at some community colleges. The schools are drawing students from across the nation and across the globe.</p>
<p>Especially for this student population, affordable housing is an issue. </p>
<p>Since Illinois law forbids community colleges from owning or operating campus housing, the colleges that do offer it to students typically have their foundations pay for it and hire an outside source to manage it.</p>
<p>So far, student housing at community colleges has been well received by the students taking advantage of it. The concept is slowly gaining momentum among community colleges but it has yet to pick up speed.</p>
<p>To the delight of its students, Joliet Junior College two years ago, opened Centennial Commons Student Housing. “The opening of student housing was very successful with facilities almost filled to capacity,” said Roxane Geraci, JJC’s director of community relations. “The concept of student housing on community college campuses is right on target.“</p>
<p>"More and more students are attending community college for their first two yeas of college due to cost, flexibility and the increase of transfer program agreements between them and four year institutions,” she added. “Enrollment is also significantly increasing for students coming from out of district to attend special degree programs [here] not offered in their community or that are too expensive elsewhere.” </p>
<p>Centennial Commons is a gated community, located on approximately 15 acres adjacent to the college’s main campus. It boasts 12 efficiency units, 96 two-bedroom units and 20 four-bedroom units that can accommodate 296 students. Besides such conveniences as laundry facilities and group meeting spaces, the campus housing also has an outdoor swimming pool and clubhouse. Not far behind JJC is Illinois Central College in East Peoria. Its campus housing was still under construction at mid summer. But students were expected to be able to move into the apartments in mid-August, just before the start of fall classes. It has already been well received by students; leases are being signed and inquiries made on a regular basis. </p>
<p>“The nice thing about these apartments is that they’re furnished and the rent includes electric, mobile telephone, basic cable, high speed Internet, water and gas,” says Robin Ballard, ICC’s director of college development, noting that students have the option of renting either two-bedroom or four-bedroom apartments. </p>
<p>The other nice thing is not having to worry about a deadbeat roommate. “Even though you might have other roommates, you’re not responsible for their rent,” says Ballard. Each roommate submits their payments separately. Also, if a roommate moves out, it is not up to the other roommates to replace him with someone else. </p>
<p>Campus housing at ICC was the brainchild of the college’s president, John Erwin, PhD. A couple of years ago, the college was preparing to send a survey out to about 16,000 high school students in the area. It made sense to Erwin to add a question or two on the survey about student housing. </p>
<p>The response was stellar. About 34 percent of the high school students surveyed said it could positively impact their decision to attend ICC, says Ballard. </p>
<p>As Ballard describes it, the planned student housing complex sounds a bit like a resort. It will boast its own community center, complete with a big screen TV set, pool table, outdoor pool, sport court, barbeque pit, study room as well as mail and laundry facilities. Ballard says the pool was put in to encourage 12 month leases, as opposed to nine month leases, but both are available. The purpose of the community center is to give students a sense of, well, community. </p>
<p>Ballard is sure more community colleges will follow ICC’s lead. </p>
<p>One that has been looking into student housing for a couple years is Moraine Valley Community College. Feasibility studies have been conducted and students, parents and faculty have been surveyed. “It stands where the proposal for housing continues to be studied and there’s no time line to do anything at this point,” says Mark Horstmeyer, spokesman for the college. </p>
<p>He says there are too many loose ends to tie up before anything can really be done. With community colleges considering going the route of four-year colleges and universities and more students traveling from abroad and out of state to participate in special programs, it is evident that the need for student housing exists. </p>
<p>Only time will tell what Moraine Valley administrators and higher ups at other community colleges decide to do about it.</p>