The following readings are designed to augment and complement the information sessions and community discussions that will take place over the course of the IAP Residence Redesign process. The readings include historic and current information about the MIT residential system, current occupancy and demographic information, as well as links to descriptions of residential systems at some of MIT's peer institutions. Team participants are strongly urged to review these materials, to discuss them within their teams, and to draw upon this historic and comparative information in the creation of their residence redesign proposals. Background, History, Mission of the MIT Residential System A Chronology of MIT Housing Developments: 1916-1997 Housing at MIT: Background and Challenges A Brief Summary of the MIT Fraternity System Report of the Presidential Task Force on Student Life and Learning (1998) Principles for the MIT Residential System (Clay Committee, 1998) Putting Education First, the final report of the Student Advisory Committee of the Presidential Task Force on Student Life and Learning (1998) Report of the President for the Academic Year 1997-98, "MIT - The Path to our Future" Institute Dining Review, Final Report (1997) [PDF] Organization, Programs and Governance of Existing MIT Residences Report of the Housemaster-Tutor Program Review Committee: Toward a Sense of Community (Wilson Report, 1987) Housing for Undergraduate Men, Chapter III: Objectives and Goals for a Residential System (MIT Planning Office, 1965) Roles and Responsibilities of the Housemasters Graduate Resident Tutor Job Description and Application The MIT House Fellows Program Residence Hall Programming: Summary of Responses to Housemaster Query (1998) Articles about the undergraduate residential system (MIT Faculty Newsletter, November/December 1997, in PDF format) Guide to MIT Rush (Counterpoint, Sept. 1998) Guide to MIT Dorms (Counterpoint. Sept. 1998) Descriptions of the Residential Systems at Our Peer Institutions Cambridge University (Submitted by MIT visitors to Cambridge in April 1999) "A Creative Tension" Stanford Residential Education Mission Freshmen Living Arrangements Task Force on Residential Programs and Student Housing for UGís Yale Freshman Year The Residential Colleges Cornell Presidentís Report on Residential Housing at Cornell University University of Pennsylvania College Houses: Frequently Asked Questions 21st Century Wheel Project Caltech General Information about Housing Student Life The Housing System Harvard House Resident Tutors Columbia Guide to Living Worldwide Directory of Residential Colleges MIT Housing Facts Statistical Information About MIT Undergraduate Residences Breakdown of Occupants of Dorms and FSILGs by Class Year Notes on Funding for Residence Programming Facts about New Student Housing Planned for MIT Campus Survey Research on the MIT Residence System MIT Residence Locations (Map)