How should University work world wise?

"Movotti;c-16582558" wrote:
The concept of having to live on campus is very strange and unrealistic to me.

I'd like to see an education pack that operates in a similar manner to Get to Work. Your sims attend their classes, and then they go home. It could operate slightly differently to GTW, in that it could include an education world, a town or suburb that has a primary school, a secondary school, a hands-on tertiary education facility, and a university. Perhaps it could have a lot containing a dorm, operating similar to CL apartments, but your sims shouldn't be required to live in the education world.

"elelunicy;c-16580993" wrote:
Where I’m from it’s very common for schools to require all underclassmen, or at least freshmen to live on campus.

It's very unusual to live in a dorm in Australia, unless you're an international or first year rural student.
Almost all students live at home, or in share houses, off campus.

Some small liberal arts colleges literally require everyone to live on campus

That is such a strange concept. Whats wrong with living at home, sleeping in your own bed, and not having to pay for an uncomfortable bed, in a strange place?

Schools with little to no on-campus housing are known as commuter schools and they’re typically far less prestigious.

They're standard for Australia. No lack of prestige here.

"jackjack_k;c-16580909" wrote:
In the real world, most people live in housing accommodation providing by Universities outside of the actual University. I know of of several where I live and the Uni is on the other side of town.

Some unis here own houses that they lease to students as student housing. Share housing is a better way for students to learn to live in the real world, dorms are terrible for it.

Some universities do require freshmen (first year) to live in on-campus housing if they're not commuting from home, just to make sure they can adjust to college life witho (ut the pressures of coming up with monthly rent/food/utilities (that's included in the room/board fees paid at the beginning of each semester).

No lack of prestige for "commuter schools" here aw well -- we have a major state university in the town where I live that has a large commuter population in addition to the students that live on or adjacent to campus. Many older students return to university to gain new skills for a changing workforce (especially in the tech field). We also have "community colleges" which are 2-year programs; many students attend because they're not sure what they want for their major field of study and they get a chance to try out different classes to find their interests, or they plan to go to a university but by getting their general education at community college they can save quite a bit of money.