Word: co-op
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...academic advising, graduate references and the like, the co-op residents use the tutors of their original Houses, or, in the case of transfer students, the tutors of the co-op's affiliate House. For example, a student who moved from Winthrop House to the co-ops would be assigned to the Winthrop House Senior Common Room, and a transfer student who moved directly to the co-ops would use the tutors of that co-op's affiliate House...
Although Harvard Buildings and Grounds takes care of the maintenance of the co-op buildings and cleans the common rooms and bathrooms, co-op students are responsible for their own board...
...Limiting co-op residence to only those students who join voluntarily rather than admitting overflow from Quad Houses has restored a strong sense of community to the co-op, residents agree...
...Brown there is about the same interest in cooperative housing as at Harvard. The Brown Association for Cooperative Housing, an independent student organiation, has 55 students living in three co-op houses. Unlike Harvard, the Brown co-ops are privately owned and both the room and the board are cheaper than living in regular dorms, says Elissa Sheridan, a junior and resident of one of the Brown co-ops. At Harvard, a co-op room costs the same as a room in one of the Houses, but the savings comes in the board...
Cornell offers a co-op program more extensive than any of the other Ivy League schools, with the 10 university-owned co-ops housing about 200 students, according to Bill Kaminski, a housing official at Cornell. Room and board at the co-ops are about 25 percent less expensive than the dorms, Kaminski says, explaining that the co-ops are a popular option: "We rarely have trouble filling them...