Research Sources: W.P. Carey Dorms

This project is not an easy one when it comes to finding an interesting topic. It took me a while brainstorming to try and decide on what the main topic of my project would be. I eventually decided on the residential dorms on campus at Arizona State University. Being in the W.P. Carey School of Business the decision was made to only focus on the dorms for the business student so I would be able to go more in depth on each dorm. The dorms that are being occupied by mostly business students is Hassayampa Academic Village, Adelphi Commons 2, Sonora Center, and Palo Verde Main. Palo Verde Main is not normally considered as a business school housing dorm, but because it is my dorm I decided to add it to the list. After going through 2 months at Arizona State University and seeing a lot of the dorms I am interested at what dorms could be considered the best on campus, and I think for this project could be a fascinating topic. I am looking forward to figure out what most students look for when going to live in a dorm for the first time and what is most important to them.

The first source I would be using is DeVillers, Julia. The College Dorm Survival Guide: How to Survive and Thrive in Your New Home Away from Home. New York: Three Rivers, 2006. Print. Im hoping that this book will be able to point out the best parts about living in a dorm and what to look for when living in a dorm. I am confident that this book will be the most important source because it is an un-bias source that is not just focusing on one college but instead every dorm in America. My topic being which dorm is the best to live in I will be looking for what dorm is the easiest to correlate with the different positive guidelines in this book. 

Then the next source is a scholarly Charles F. Thwing LL.D. (1909): DORMITORY LIFE FOR COLLEGE MEN, Religious Education: The official journal of the Religious Education Association, 4:1, 34-40. This is an article about what a young man goes through while attending a University. It is able to show a lot of the perks and benefits of living in a residential dorm rather than off campus. It is also able to talk about what different students should look for when moving into their dorm or before attending the college.

My last source is going an article by TIME magazine by Zoe Fox “Ranking the Residences, Georgia State Tops Nation’s Best College Dorms”. This is a great article about the what the best dorm rooms in America are and what makes them the best. It also has the worst dorms in America and what makes them the worst. Im hoping that I will be able to take the information given about both of these articles to see what would make the ASU dorms the best or worst for the W.P. Carey School of Business.