How can we create a sense of community and shared responsibility among students in residence halls— and for that matter elsewhere in their campus lives? The residential life staff at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) wrestled with this question after experiencing a year in which student behavior resulted in costly damage to residence halls.
They discovered that it wasn't their job to create community for students at all, but instead to empower students to create it for themselves. So the Community Standards Model was born.
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