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Many colleges and universities offer students dorms particular to their fields of study. A future engineer can bunk with others interested in engineering , for example, or future educators may find a place for others interested in becoming teachers. The dorms then become learning communities, and allow students a built-in support network when they’re struggling with homework or an upcoming exam. Some schools, however, have been experimenting with communal living for interests outside of students’ majors, perhaps to get more students interested in those colleges, keep students already enrolled happy, or to get students to live in the dorms beyond their first years. A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education explores the kinds of dorm communities that are cropping up on college campuses across the country, and they’re as diverse as students’ interests come