Overall Satisfaction As the above charts indicate, we are performing at a higher rate than our benchmark institutions and are performing higher on the individual questions in this factor, exception for “Will you recommend living on campus housing to new students” where we were not statistically higher. In short 3 out of 4 residents indicate a high-quality experience living in residence. Trends for Student Housing It’s important for the university to continue to provide a variety of housing types. For example, we currently provide the following: Res Halls room types– singles, doubles, triples with communal bathrooms, as well as single room suites, double room suites. Apartments – Studios, 1-Bedrom, 2-Bedroom, 3-Bedroom, three bedroom suite style, three bedroom apartment, studio apartment, and loft apartment. One of the items identified in the “21 st Century Housing Project” as part of the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International, is the ability to have modular-style units that create flexibility of living units. Central has always been a leader in our types of housing options. We currently have an apartment complex that allows us to adjust from a one-bedroom and three-bedroom configuration to a two- bedroom and two-bedroom configuration. The university is anticipating growth in enrollment, however the focus of this growth will be at University Centers and online, so housing and dining have the capacity to meet the growth demands of the university and should continue looking to focus on asset re-investment needs and ways to modernize the experience instead increasing capacity. But as noted above, the plan is flexible, so if demand increases, so can capacity. Generation Alpha A few notes on Gen Alpha characteristics in the context of student life: Anti-sharing, increased security and privacy, abstract thinkers and boundless, bio-tech interests, Ai, NOTOMO & GITMOE (no tomorrow/give it to me vs. FOMO), adapt behaviors quickly, intergenerational, socially networked world, non-binary, multiple • Adapt key system to be prox access or voice/bio activated • Increased services provided 24/7 • Concierge services such as ordering food to room from on line app • Converting and increasing single style room from existing double rooms (taking beds off line) • Specialized furniture and customized accommodations • Increased wireless access • Adaptive residential learning environments • Moving rooms more frequently and break housing needs • Residential Curriculum identities, decrease in the tech social-economic divide. Potential Housing & Dining adaptations to Gen Alpha:
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