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About The Roommate Resource Service

Roommate conflicts are incredibly complicated to manage, and a stressor for both students and their parents. They impact all levels of staff from the resident assistant to the chief housing officer and beyond.

In line with the goals of Reslife.Net, that involves providing on-line solutions to the problems that housing administrators face, the development of The Roommate Resource package responds to the complicated management issues that surround roommate relationships.

What is The Roommate Resource?

The Roommate Resource provides a combination of proactive and reactive tools used by RAs and other housing administrators to help in assessing and managing a roommate conflict. The service consists of 3 separate products, described as follows:

The Assessment Survey: This product provides RAs and housing administrators with a tool that assesses the issues impacting a roommate relationship, specifically analyzing the differences between an individual’s “real” verses their “ideal” roommate. Purchasing institutions use this tool in either a proactive or reactive fashion.

The product operates as follows:

  • The R.A./referring administrator logs onto www.reslife.net and provides the names and e-mail addresses of roommates requiring an assessment.
  • The system “matches” the roommates, and sends directions to the roommates via e-mail, on how to complete the assessment.
  • The roommates log onto www.reslife.net, and individually complete the assessment tool.
  • The system compares results from the assessment, and sends a report to the RA/referring administrator. The report states the critical issues in the roommate relationship, and information on mediation and how to best assist the roommates in managing the issues in their relationship.
  • The report is used to provide feedback to students on issues that could impact their roommate relationship.

The Student Education Module: This product is a high-end video/flash technology presentation that educates students on how to live successfully with a roommate.

Universities who purchase this product can use it proactively (having all freshmen complete the tool prior to move-in) or reactively (to educate students who are currently involved in a roommate conflict).

The Parent Education Module: This on-line PowerPoint training module educates parents about the typical university response to a roommate conflict, and the things that they can do to assist their student. It can be used proactively by having parents view the module over the summer or at the start of the year, or reactively if a conflict has occurred. As is the case with all of Reslife.Net’s services, the module is generic enough to meet the needs of all institutions, but specific enough to provide quality educational materials to parents.