Talking Stick - November/December 2013 - 44

Conversations

Equitable and Inclusive Space for Every Student
Members discuss what it means for student housing to be equitable
and inclusive and how that will shape the plans for new housing on
campus.

ROMANDO
A. NASH

Participating in this conversation are Liz Gordon-Canlas, residence hall director at The
Ohio State University in Columbus; Romando A. Nash, associate dean for student
affairs at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles; Nekesa Straker, assistant
director for selection and training at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois; W. Darrell
Hess, associate director of housing at San Diego State University in California; Deb
Schmidt-Rogers, director of residential education at DePaul; and Charles Holmes-Hope,
assistant director for residence education at Kent State University in Ohio.

Liz Gordon-Canlas: The questions were,
DEB SCHMIDTROGERS

NEKESA
STRAKER

DARRELL HESS
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Is campus housing inclusive and equitable?
What are the ways in which we can still
be better? I believe that as colleges and
universities continue to adhere to using a
binary system to identify all or most of their
housing needs, there will always be room for
more inclusive and equitable environments.
As new housing models and units come on
line with increasingly nice and new amenities,
I wonder how we are able to maintain
affordable housing costs for students while
still offering them an extraordinary student
experience.

Romando A. Nash: Good morning everyone,
I hope that this email finds you all well. I
would add the following to Liz's comments: I
agree with Liz's statements and would add that
we at times give the appearance that campus
housing is inclusive and equitable, but, in
order to be able to pay the bills, we at the same
time continue to price some students out of
the opportunity to live in campus housing. If
we know that research tells us that students
should be living on campus, why do we not

create more opportunities for those that
generally cannot afford it to be able to afford
it either through endowments or housing
scholarships?

Nekesa Straker: Happy Monday all! Nice to
see your name pop up in my email Romando!
I think campus housing is inclusive and
equitable to an extent. Part of it depends
on location (urban versus rural) and if it's
owned versus leased, which does play a part
in more urban environments. One of the
ways where I've seen it not be equitable is in
situations of low-cost housing on campuses.
These residence halls tend to be older or lack
air conditioning or they cram students into a
triple space that would normally be a double.
They do provide for students who would
not normally have the opportunity to live on
campus, but should these halls be held to a
lower standard compared to the regular cost
options?
Gordon-Canlas: Our students are definitely
beginning a conversation around genderneutral housing. It is so interesting to hear



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Contents
New Member Highlight
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Res Life
Business Operations
Special Focus
Calendar
Partnerships in Programming
Mind over Matter
Conversations
First Takes
Reporting Out
New Members
Snapshot
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