University of Alabama-Huntsville freshmen and sophomores will not be required to live on campus, as it recently announced, and a Huntsville lawmaker dropped his proposal that would ban state schools from requiring students to live on campus.
There was no need for Rep. Howard Sanderford, a Republican, to move forward with his proposal once UAH dropped its policy.
We can’t help but speculate … even though state schools are obviously public and must abide by state standards, one would think each college or university in Alabama, public or private, is unique from one another in on-campus environments and on-campus housing capabilities to the point where most lawmakers would agree that housing decisions should be left on a university-to-university basis, not a decision made in Montgomery.
That said, Sanderford — while sticking up for the students and the parents who pay their tuitions — should realize universities are better off determining their own housing rules and regulations. With the rising number of high school students elevating to higher education — and the rising costs of construction — we’re not sure every state college could accommodate every
freshman or sophomore anyway.
Freshmen are not required to live on-campus at Auburn, but they are encouraged to apply for quarters. Some will get them. Some will not. According to the university, that is determined on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are plenty of folks in the realty business who don’t want to see the day when students are required to live on campus.
Though schools should have the right to make their own housing rules, we don’t believe it would be in their best interests to force housing rules down the throats of their incoming freshmen. In the case of UAH, dropping the forced housing requirement and keeping legislation out of the subject was best for everybody
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