Recent reports found that lodging with a student of a different race may decrease prejudice and compel students to engage in more ethnically diverse friendships.

Interracial lodging does more harm than good

Interracial lodging may have diverse outcomes.

Assigning students' lodging randomly is not a good policy

Interracial lodging is arranged by the school for freshmen.

Lodging is assigned to students of different races without exception

What does Grace Kao say about interracial lodging?

Schools should be cautious when making decisions about student lodging

Students' racial background should be considered before lodging is assigned.

The Department for Education's guidance says schools can charge only for board and lodging if the trip is part of the syllabus, and that students receiving government aid are exempt from these costs.