Connecting The Dots: Campus Form, Student Perceptions, And Academic Performance, Amir Hajrasouliha
Jul 2018
Connecting The Dots: Campus Form, Student Perceptions, And Academic Performance, Amir Hajrasouliha
Amir Hajrasouliha
This research is an attempt to evaluate the role of campus built environment and its immediate surroundings on a major concern of universities: student retention and graduation. The relationship of both objective and perceived measures of physical campuses with students’ academic performance was examined, using the California State University (CSU) campuses as its sample. The objective campus environment was measured by a Campus Score scale, and the perceived campus quality and perceived restorativeness were measured through an online survey from 446 students. The results demonstrate that both objective and perceived measures were significantly associated with students’ academic performance. However, the …
State Of The Art In Planning For College And University Campuses Site Planning And Beyond.Pdf, Amir Hajrasouliha
Apr 2018
State Of The Art In Planning For College And University Campuses Site Planning And Beyond.Pdf, Amir Hajrasouliha
Amir Hajrasouliha
Colleges and universities have been planning their campuses for centuries, yet scholars have conducted little empirical research regarding the nature of campus planning in the United States. We review recent scholarship on campus planning, discovering that it is dominated by case studies (sometimes in edited collections) and some comparative studies. In this review we organize the literature into 3 geographic scales: the campus (or campus park), the campus– community interface, and the larger campus district. The literature addresses 5 topics: land use, design, sustainability, economic development, and collaboration. Most of the studies focus on research-oriented universities in metropolitan locations. The …
Master-Planning The American Campus: Goals, Actions, And Design Strategies, Amir Hajrasouliha
Jun 2017
Master-Planning The American Campus: Goals, Actions, And Design Strategies, Amir Hajrasouliha
Amir Hajrasouliha
This research identified common goals, actions, and design strategies of university campus master plans in the USA, by analyzing 50 randomly selected master plans. Four design strategies were distilled, based on the top goals and actions: transition from (1) a deficient campus to a complete campus, (2) an isolated campus to a contextual campus, (3) a fragmented campus to a cohesive campus, and (4) a brown campus to an ecological campus. In addition, seven campus form dimensions were distilled: (1) land use organization (arrangement of space and facilities), (2) compactness, (3) connectivity, (4) spatial configuration, (6) campus living, (7) greenness, …
Campus Does Matter: The Relationship Of Student Retention And Degree Attainment To Campus Design, Amir Hajrasouliha, Reid Ewing
May 2016
Campus Does Matter: The Relationship Of Student Retention And Degree Attainment To Campus Design, Amir Hajrasouliha, Reid Ewing
Amir Hajrasouliha
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