The Student Housing Matters blog explores ideas with leaders in higher education and the student housing profession. This is the place to find stories from those who have worked in the field for many years, podcast interviews, and videos about relevant topics in the student housing world.

It’s about matters relating to on-campus student housing, as well as why quality on-campus student housing really matters. We want this blog to serve as a forum for sharing ideas and insights about how your on-campus student housing can do things beyond simply housing students. How it can be used as a more powerful tool to recruit and retain students on your campus. We look forward to you joining us in the conversation.

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COCM Cares!

February 27, 2017

COCM celebrates a “Capstone Cares” week each year, where we unite as a company to give back to our local community. This year, employees from COCM’s home office and their family members, spent a day at Oliver Elementary School in Birmingham, Alabama helping with a variety of projects. Traffic flow “Lion Paws” were painted on…

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Winners of the Move-In Photo Contest!

September 27, 2016

We wanted to announce the winners of the 2016 move-in photo contest!  This was a seriously tough task with all of the submissions we had.  So we went with four that really displayed the spirit of great housing staffs during this crazy time.  They were all photos anyone reading this blog can relate to, laugh…

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City College of New York Ranks Among Top 1.2% Schools Globally

August 30, 2016

COCM is always proud to highlight the successes of our partner institutions. This week, the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranked The City College of New York in the top 1.2% of more than 25,000 institutions around the world. “The City College of New York, whose student population hails from more than 150 nations, ranks…

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ACE Names Fellows Class of 2016-17

April 15, 2016

ACE, the American Council on Education, named 33 leaders in higher education who will participate in the 2016-17 ACE Fellows Program.  Created in 1965, the ACE Fellows Program is the preeminent leadership development program in higher education. Per ACE, the Program “combines retreats, interactive learning opportunities, visits to campuses and other higher education-related organizations, and…

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Small Changes…Big Payoffs

March 24, 2016

  Great article this week in the Washington Post.  The act of addressing the issues faced by these students and thousands of others like them across the country, could mean untold dividends for those seeking a college degree and beyond.      

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Authentic

December 1, 2015

Webster defines authentic as “real; or genuine.”  Brigid Lawler, Dean of Admissions at Marlboro College in Marlboro, VT, recently contributed an article to College Planning and Management entitled “What do Colleges Need? Authenticity.”  Please take a few moments to read. It exemplified the care felt and shown to a prospective student, that we all hope those…

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How Do You Serve?

May 28, 2015

When you think of how you serve students on campus, are you being intentional?  Are you trying to find ways to not only serve campus but the local community? Capstone On Campus Management had the privilege to partner with Holy Family Cristo Rey High School from 2013-2015.  Part of the Holy Family mission is to…

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American Council on Education Fellows Closing Retreat

June 4, 2014

Capstone On-Campus was pleased to once again be a sponsor of and participate in the Closing Retreat for the American Council on Education (“ACE”) Fellows program, which took place earlier this week in Atlanta.  Doug Brown, Monique Newman, and I had a great time interacting with the Fellows on a housing planning exercise, as well as…

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What To Say?!

December 4, 2013

What to Say? Happy Holiday! Merry Christmas? Happy Hanukkah? Merry Kwanza? Happy Festivus? It has been an interesting topic of discussion at every institution or company of which I have been employed. To “Merry Christmas” or not to “Merry Christmas,” that is the question. A majority of people I have encountered at my various institutions…

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The Beloit College “2017 Mindset List”

August 22, 2013

The Beloit College “2017 Mindset List” is out for the current generation of entering college students (born in 1995).  From their site, here is a description of the list itself. Each August since 1998, Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List, providing a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students…

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