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Atmospherics and the Campus Visit: An Empirical Study at Three Small Colleges

Presenter(s): Allan D. Mitchler, Performa, Inc.
Convener: Thomas Hysell, Architectural Alliance

Atmospherics is a concept widely applied outside education in both for-profit and non-profit organizations. This session will introduce the concept of atmospherics to higher education by sharing the findings of a research project. Data collected in a qualitative study of three liberal arts colleges will provide lessons about how the physical environment influences the recruitment process in these small-college environments. An atmospherics "checklist" will help you assess your own campus facilities and philosophies.
This knowledge resource from SCUP is a concurrent session presented at the Society's thirty-sixth annual, international conference and Expo, SCUP–36, in Boston, MA (USA), in July of 2001.

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