Making a Location a Place of RCs is much lower (1-2), which may be linked to lack of staffing or financial support. In fact, 66% of RCs are situated at private institutions, but only 33% are found at public institutions. Though RCs may often be associated with Ivy League schools, they are found in more than 16 countries and more than 30 college and university campuses in the United States. TABLE 1 Number of Residential Colleges at Participating Institutions Institution Vanderbilt University University of Southern California Southern Methodist University Washington University in St. Louis Louisiana State University Elon University University of North Carolina Greensboro Virginia Tech Baylor University Michigan State University University of Oklahoma University of Virginia Appalachian State University Baylor University Honors College Butler University Clemson University Cornell University Dartmouth College New York University The University of Mississippi Tulane University University of California Santa Cruz University of Georgia University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Lowell University of Michigan University of South Carolina Number of residential colleges 14 12 11 10 9 6 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Volume 51, No. 1 * 2024 91