Wed 30 Dec 2009
How do most university dining commons work?
Posted by admin under Higher Education (University +)
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thecalifornialife asked:
I was wondering how most university dining commons work? Or if you only know about yours can you explain it. At UCSB they force all the freshmen to get a meal plan. I guess you can say I am asking if they force students to get a meal plan or do people volunteer themselves into a plan at most universities?
I was wondering how most university dining commons work? Or if you only know about yours can you explain it. At UCSB they force all the freshmen to get a meal plan. I guess you can say I am asking if they force students to get a meal plan or do people volunteer themselves into a plan at most universities?
I go to Loyola Marymount University, and how they have it set up is that you put a certain amount of money in an account set aside specifically for food, not necessarily a certain number of meals. The system is called Lion Dollars, and it’s a University currency made just for food and a few other specific things. As long as you live on campus, you have to get some kind of “meal plan” but most people just get the lowest one and then put their money towards flexi or S dollars or some other University currency that is more flexible. I think that at commuter schools, or schools where housing is guaranteed all 4 years, the number of students looking for meal plans will drop.
Cafeteria style, choose whatever you want from a selection. Or Bring Your Own….