University housing and residence life departments are often complex organizations complete with everything one might expect in a big business. This includes understanding the basics of marketing and customer engagement. The ACUHO-I Standards and Core Competencies both list knowledge of marketing strategies as important skills for the housing administrator and residence life educator. Understanding marketing basics is... Continue Reading →
ResLife Myth #2: Overworking Means You Are Effective At Your Job
Roompact "Perspective" posts are opportunities for individual staff members to work out ideas and provide their individual thoughts and opinions on a given topic. Student affairs practitioners, and particularly those in residence life, often have a problem with overworking. It's not hard to understand why. Many of us enter this field because we were superstar... Continue Reading →