Do universities still let students live off campus?

[noelbotevera]

Penn State requires this only for your freshman year, and only at University Park and Erie. Every other satellite campus doesn't require it, especially since some of them don't have dorms. Which is justified by the fact that most people who go to University Park don't live in State College, and State College traffic is already bad enough that adding freshman commuters will make it worse.

Second year and above? Go wild. I moved out of the dorms into an apartment, though some of my friends in CS stayed on campus for ease and convenience. State College is small enough that commute via bicycle works, so I don't drive.

[hbelkins]

I went to NKU and later community college. I have a feeling that if I ever want to go back to NKU (which I don't), they won't transfer my community college credits.

I'm 51, so I think it's moot now. It's just a shame they don't build college towns for 51-year-olds.

I'd think it would depend on when your community college credits were earned.

Prior to the Gov. Paul Patton administration (1995-2003) the Kentucky community college system was administered by the University of Kentucky. Since Patton's first term, there's been a separate Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS).

When did NKU build dorms? I remember that for many years, NKU was a commuter-only school.

[SEWIGuy]

I went to NKU and later community college. I have a feeling that if I ever want to go back to NKU (which I don't), they won't transfer my community college credits.

I'm 51, so I think it's moot now. It's just a shame they don't build college towns for 51-year-olds.

I think they might transfer those credits. Maybe not all of them, but I think you would be surprised.

In Wisconsin, there were two year UW System campuses all over the state, and like all UW schools, are funded in part through the state's budget. Those were different than the two year "technical colleges" which are divided into districts and funded through direct property taxes.

What ended up happening is that the technical college had a source of public money that rarely was questioned, and they have built up nice campuses and entered into agreements with many of the four year UW schools. This meant that students didn't have much reason to attend the two-year UW schools any longer and they are starting to close.

That is a long way to get to my point that a lot of former "technical college" credits are more routinely accepted by four year schools than before.

[bandit957]

When did NKU build dorms? I remember that for many years, NKU was a commuter-only school.

They've had dorms since at least the early 1980s, maybe 1970s. But I don't think they had as many back then.

[Ted$8roadFan]

I wonder if, in the future, colleges and universities wil be under more pressure to house more of their students on campus due to the housing crunch across the country - even if more dorms mean less tax revenue for local governments.

[Rothman]

I wonder if, in the future, colleges and universities wil be under more pressure to house more of their students on campus due to the housing crunch across the country - even if more dorms mean less tax revenue for local governments.

But, in a lot of areas, on-campus housing is more expensive than off.