03-04-2026, 07:57 PM
(03-04-2026, 08:34 AM)82lsju Wrote:Quote:Students with disability-based accommodations or religious observances will be unable to join or form roommate groups in this year’s housing process, according to application instructions released Tuesday.
Residential & Dining Enterprises (R&DE) assigns students with approved accommodations their housing in advance to ensure reasonable accommodations. In previous years, students were able to extend their housing priority to assignment groups, granting their roommates the same early housing process.
“We were essentially prioritizing students for reasons that I think had a net effect of leading to some unequal outcomes for other students,” Michelle Rasmussen, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, told The Daily.
The change comes on the heels of growing complaints among students over OAE accommodations being exploited to secure more desired housing.
“We’ve heard a great deal from students…around the overall ability to access the kind of housing they want to live in,” Michelle Rasmussen, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, told The Daily. “These changes have been informed by a desire to be responsive to what students have told us, or some of their pain points in the room draw process.”
Students with accommodations will also be unable to form or join a group during their housing application, meaning they will be unable to select roommates ahead of time. This aligns with the process for Residential Assistants (RAs) and students selected for pre-assignment into a themed house.
“This is an opportunity to make sure that we’re giving the priority and first assignment to the students who belong in those groups, but we’re not bringing in other students who don’t actually qualify for those different assignment processes,” Rasmussen said.
https://stanforddaily.com/2026/03/03/oae...ar-04-2026?utm_campaign=digest&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_content=Mar-04-2026
looks like a step in the right direction.
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