Earlier this month, InsideHigherEd.com published the article on whether or not housekeeping services in college residence halls were necessary. The article questioned whether or not such services were “pampering” students. It also highlighted school like George Washington University who are eliminating such services. Some schools, like Cal Tech, Holy Cross and Claremont McKenna, are reducing maid services in order to save money.
I can see both sides of the debate. Providing the cleaning service allows colleges to maintain their facilities and, as one administrator points out, it also provides “an extra ear”. However, I strongly believe that part of going away to college is learning to take responsibility for yourself, and your dirt.
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Mark is the Founder and CEO of Great College Advice, a national college admissions consulting firm. As a career educator, he has served as a college administrator, professor of international relations at the University of Denver and the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, program consultant at Yale and the University of Kansas, government instructor at Harvard and Tufts, high school teacher of French, and a Fulbright teacher of English in France. He has personally helped hundreds of students from around the world map their college journeys. Mark speaks on college preparation, selection, and admission to students and parents around the world, and his views have been published in major newspapers and journals.
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Mark is the Founder and CEO of Great College Advice, a national college admissions consulting firm. As a career educator, he has served as a college administrator, professor of international relations at the University of Denver and the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, program consultant at Yale and the University of Kansas, government instructor at Harvard and Tufts, high school teacher of French, and a Fulbright teacher of English in France. He has personally helped hundreds of students from around the world map their college journeys. Mark speaks on college preparation, selection, and admission to students and parents around the world, and his views have been published in major newspapers and journals.