American Campus Podcast
on the social and political history of higher education
American Campus Podcast
Why colleges have dormitories with Carla Yanni
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Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
The college dormitory is an American tradition, though it hasn’t always been necessary for education. Carla Yanni tells us why the dorm has become a feature of campus architecture since the 17th century.
References mentioned this episode:
- Carla Yanni. 2019. Living on Campus: An Architectural History of the American Dormitory. University of Minnesota Press.
- Carla Yanni’s faculty page
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