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Ethics of Spartan Housing

ABSTRACT

This paper gives the pro’s as well as the cons of the proposed and accepted plan for student housing at the Spartan School of Aeronautics Campus located south of the airport on Pine Street. There are general concerns about the safety of living close to an airport and under the runway that I will discuss in the following pages. I will also give the reasons I believe Spartan have for doing such a costly project at their main campus.



Universities and Private Colleges alike are constructing student housing facilities for the students coming into their schools. Many of these schools get government grants that help pay for their construction and many get donations from private and public companies and residents. Other schools that already have housing facilities are remodeling and or upgrading the buildings to accommodate the demands of their students. So now the question arises, why? Why are the schools doing all this and spending all this money for temporary residents? Why are students opting for housing on campus rather than off? Why are students choosing small rooms to share rather than their own apartment?
Colleges and Universities spend on an average, twenty-million dollars on construction and or renovating the facilities, so why are they doing it? Though there are many answers, the main one is profit. Schools profit from student housing thru many different ways. Some schools generate an extra income from having their students live, eat, and spend money on campus. Spending money can be interpreted by using the laundry facility, student parking, vending machines, telephone, phone cards, student stores, and all the other little things we purchase at school. Schools use this money to maintain the housing facilities and pay all the utilities for each unit. What happens in the long run is that the housing units become self supporting and at the same time, generates extra income for the sc...

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