Author: Danielle DeSawal

Leah Barrett, Ed.D., is president of Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Nebraska. She has been a member of ACUI since 1992 and worked in the college union field from 1992-2008. Her dissertation was a quantitative study that found that the physical space of the college union was a factor in building a sense of community on campus.
Research Confirms the Role of the College Union Aligns with Institutional Academic Mission
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Research Confirms the Role of the College Union Aligns with Institutional Academic Mission

Site visits were conducted on six college campuses in 2017 or 2018:  The college union has historically been a physical…