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| The best concise introduction to the model, with excellent ideas for implementation. Colorful and practical, Bob O'Hara's article appeared in the Winter 2001 issue of Planning for Higher Education. |
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| Quotes from Messiah's 1997 Strategic Plan which would seem to support the adoption of a House system. |
| One-page summary of the rationale for a House system at Messiah College. |
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| Rationale for a House system at Messiah College. |
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| From College: The Undergraduate Experience in America, Ernest Boyer presents the House (or "residential college") model as the kind of innovation needed in US colleges today. |
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