student lounge
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Student lounges are rooms located within schools, colleges and universities, designed to give students a space for relaxation and study.
Design contest
The University of Texas held a contest to design its student lounges.[http://soa.utexas.edu/competition/lounge Design your student lounge], UTSOA, access date June 10, 2008 The design of some student lounges have even won awards for the architects for their creations.[http://www.tcaup.umich.edu/arch/updates/2008/05/student-designs-among-aia-award-winners.html Robinson’s Design for MUP/MUD Student Lounge Among AIA Award Winners], TCAUP, access date June 10, 2008
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Impact
A 2003 study on the success of female physics majors found that the existence of a well-maintained student lounge was a marker of high success rates.{{ cite journal | last1 = Whitten | first1 = Barbara L. |author1-link = Barbara Whitten| year = 2003 | title = What Works for Women in Undergraduate Physics? | journal = Physics Today | url = http://tron.aps.org/programs/women/workshops/upload/Whitten_Barbara_APS_Gender_Equity_Conference.pdf | accessdate = 2008-06-12 | quote= "an important marker of a healthy department culture" | doi = 10.1063/1.1620834 | volume = 56 | pages = 46 | last2 = Foster | first2 = Suzanne R. | last3 = Duncombe | first3 = Margaret L. | bibcode=2003PhT....56i..46W | issue = 9| doi-access = free }} Several studies conducted regarding gossip patterns have chosen the student lounge as an excellent choice for an unregulated environment.{{ cite journal | last = Howard | first = W |author2=WD Crano | year = 1974 | title = Effects of Sex, Conversation, Location, and Size of Observer Group on Bystander Intervention in a High Risk Situation | journal = Sociometry | volume = 37 | issue = 4 | pages = 491–507 | doi = 10.2307/2786423 | jstor = 2786423}}{{ cite journal | last = Levin | first = J |author2=A Arluke |date=February 1985 | title = An exploratory analysis of sex differences in gossip | journal = Sex Roles | volume = 12 | issue = 3–4 | doi = 10.1007/BF00287594 | pages = 281| s2cid = 143795978 }}CAMPBELL LEAPERAND, HEITHRE HOLLIDAY (1995) Gossip in same-gender and cross-gender friends' conversations
Personal Relationships 2 (3), 237–246. It has been noted that distance-learning courses should strive to provide a similar environment for casual conversation.{{cite web|url=http://www.aace.org/pubs/WebNet/v2no3/23ChalkDust.pdf |title=Chalk Dust from the Virtual Classroom |accessdate=2008-06-12 |last=Carlson |first=Randal |author2=Judi Repman |year=2000 |publisher=Webnet Journal |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714102237/https://www.aace.org/pubs/webnet/v2no3/23ChalkDust.pdf |archivedate=July 14, 2007 }}{{ cite journal | last = Yoder | first = MB | year = 2003 | title = Seven Steps to Successful Online Learning Communities | journal = Learning & Leading with Technology}}
See also
External links
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