[kent-grads] UKC's "College" System.

["A.W. Addison" <addisona@xxxxxxxxxx>]

     In 1968-70, most of my social interactions centered about the 
location (Chemistry building) where I spent most of my time.  This 
was likely also a factor for many other students; in the humanities, 
my understanding is that the faculty (staff) advisors were located 
(and/or housed) in the Colleges, so for many students, the particular 
College building became their 'home base' in a similar way.
     Although I lived in Eliot for quite a while (and made several 
friends there as a result), I have to admit that the allegiances that 
my particular peer group & I developed toward any given College 
tended to be centered on the atractiveness of its dining-hall 
offerings !
     When I arrived at UKC, it struck me that the "College" setup was 
an attempt to recreate, nostalgically, the milieu in which many of 
the teaching staff had done their own degrees.  Tradition without a 
genuine local history seemed like artifice to me.
Tony Addison.

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