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UI Adopts Frosh Residency Rule

The University of Idaho has adopted a policy requiring all freshmen students to live on campus, beginning in fall 2010. That means the first-year students currently moving their clothes and books into apartments and dorm rooms are the final crop of freshman with the option of living off campus. Dean of Students Bruce Pitman said the new policy is part of a yearlong effort to increase retention from students' freshman to sophomore years. ... The new policy is expected to generate nearly $700,000 annually in extra revenues for university housing and dining services. The policy has been approved by UI President Duane Nellis and was heard Thursday by the Idaho State Board of Education/Halley Griffin, Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here.

Question: Did the University of Idaho make the right decision?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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