Housing woes continue for students

luvsmycat
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:30:40 +0000

The following is from an article published Feb5,2012 in Panther newspaper.
You can read the entire article at thepantheronline. This issue wasn’t raised when we had our Chapman tour and talk with the admissions officer.

A delay of the completion date for the Filmmakers’ Village and a large incoming class will result in at least two more years of housing issues for Chapman, said university officials. Fall 2011’s freshman class, the largest yet at more than 1,250, will likely be the last class to live on campus their sophomore year until more housing is created.

The $64 million project to provide housing for 397 students at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts was originally scheduled for fall 2013 but has been delayed to fall 2014 because of technical issues.

Along with an increase in freshman class size, student retention rates have increased by 30 percent, Price said. With more students on campus and an increasingly larger freshman class, upperclassmen may have little to no chance to live on campus.