Why Dorm-In-A-Box is good for your University!
Contain Rising College Costs By Providing A Unique & Convenient Service Which Will Set Your University Apart, Create Goodwill, & Provide Compelling Marketing Touch-Points To Attract The Brightest Students.
Marketing Value!
With 3700 Colleges and Universities in the United States, competition to attract the brightest students is fierce. The best universities provide the best possible experience to strengthen the bonds with their student constituents, who as future alumni are key to the academic and economic prestige of the institution. Dorm-In-A-Box is an inexpensive opportunity to shape your institution’s image.
The obvious value of the Dorm-In-A-Box concept will set your institution apart from others by providing a progressive, full-service program that is easy to administer and market. This will provide a compelling tool to enable you to attract the very best students during candidate visits.
Contain Costs & Enhance Affordability!
You will be able to demonstrate quantitatively to parents & students that your institution is sensitive to rising costs and more importantly is committed via its actions to create new and innovative ways to actually contain costs. The cost of Dorm-In-A-Box represents a trivial 2/10ths of one percent of the cost to graduate. The upside is that you can impact the 96% of our survey respondents that feel that universities need to do more to contain costs. Surprisingly 55% give their university a grade of “C” or “Fail” in the area of cost containment.
Partner With Families
There is a considerable opportunity to use the purchasing muscle of your university to significantly drive down costs for Freshmen. Dorm-In-A-Box is a credible program to mitigate costs and demonstrate real understanding of family economics. We were shocked to find that 47% of families believe that their university cares “little” or “not at all” about how rising costs affect their financial situation.
Improve Retention Rates!
Did you know that the real cost incurred by admissions to attract a single student in 2005 was $455 for public schools, and a whopping $2073 for private schools. A better freshman experience nurtures a higher quality institution focused on learning, not recruiting.
Paradigm Shift!
You will save families money through a paradigm shift in the way that students secure their school essentials. Dorm-In-A-Box is the smart way to capitalize on consumer goods “best practices” and efficiencies.
Create Goodwill!
By containing costs and saving your incoming Freshmen money, you will create favorable goodwill between students, their parents and administrators.
Be GREEN! & Promote Sustainability!
Dorm-In-A-Box uses minimal packaging and reusable containers reducing landfill waste. Further, because of our efficient model, goods bypass shipments to multiple warehouses saving fuel!
Promote Diversity & Equal Access!
Financial Aide packages do not address the enormous out-of-pocket costs associated with residence hall basics which easily exceed $1200. Dorm-In-A-Box provides EQUAL ACCESS to all, and offers a much needed boost to those who otherwise would begin their college experience at a deficit. We found that nearly 80% of students and parents believe that both Equal Access and Student Diversity are of moderate or high importance.
ACUHO-I
Lastly, Dorm-In-A-Box is a corporate member of the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International (ACUHO-I) based in Columbus Ohio. We work with this organization’s annual tradeshow & conference, as well as contributing to open forums suggesting “best practices” at colleges and universities nationwide.