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How They Use Data

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS is one of three winners to receive Benchworks Assessment and Impact Award for high survey scores related to satisfaction with housing facilities. With its continuous goal to better serve student needs, UTD’s Housing department has used data from Benchworks Undergraduate Housing Exit Assessment to increase reactivity to student’s needs, upgrade communal spaces, and expedite repairs to reduce inconvenience to residents.

Our staff take pride in their work and there is a real sense of care and belonging. Most times, students really don't care about what we do, but the end results show how much we care.


—MATTHEW GRIEF, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs

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Everyone contributes to a sense of belonging

  • Share RA/Custodial staff schedules to create a familiar, comfortable atmosphere
  • Encourage formal and informal interactions so everyone knows one another
  • Offer assistance to students in need even if it’s not a res life question
  • Increase interactions with professional staff in and out of the residence halls
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What Students Said What We Did
Need a quicker response time to maintenance issues
  • Absorb maintenance as an in-house operation
  • Assign operation coordinators and maintenance staff to specific sections of housing
  • Encourage formal and informal communication with students
Want larger common spaces and thorough cleaning
  • Renovate facilities to create larger communal areas and study lounges for students and LLCs
  • Schedule common space cleaning after every class or activity so they are safe and always ready for use
Specific items that need repaired and replaced
  • Increase communication for scheduled work
  • Actively avoid multiple visits by repairing and replacing items
  • Expedite repairs by maintaining a warehouse of commonly replaced items

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Everyone contributes to a sense of belonging

  • Share RA/Custodial staff schedules to create a familiar, comfortable atmosphere
  • Encourage formal and informal interactions so everyone knows one another
  • Offer assistance to students in need even if it’s not a res life question
  • Increase interactions with professional staff in and out of the residence halls
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Advance a holistic student experience

  • Require face-to-face RA/student connections early in the semester
  • Use early interactions and RA weekly reports to personalized support
  • Break down housing processes into digestible pieces and offer drop-in hours
  • Assess ongoing needs by checking-in and checking-up on residents
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Cultivate connection during covid

  • Create small student groups for regular, virtual get-togethers “Zoom Mates”
  • Utilize Zoom Mate connections as a starting point for room assignments and neighbor requests (i.e. returning freshman who were remote during the pandemic)
  • Invite active-remote students to campus for a personalized orientation day
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