How being part of a ’house’ within a school helps students gain a sense of belonging

More than a few U.S. universities, including Notre Dame and Rice, still give their dormitories a larger significance by, for example, allowing each “residential college” its own advisers and social events. The attachments formed tend to be so significant that alumni, upon meeting one another, frequently ask, “What college were you?” That sense of camaraderie and identity is part of what schools like Lake Canyon are trying to develop.