A University Can Help You Get Back to the Land
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Finally, we meet with the house council five or six times a
year to see how things are going and to solve any problems
that come up. Jon has lunch once a week with the dean and
other head residents and—if we're going away for a
weekend—we ask one of the students to stay in our
apartment to take any emergency calls.
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That's it. Period. No "hours" . . . no "police work" . . .
very little bureaucratic red tape. We both have plenty of
time to carry on our regular full time jobs.
How do you go about becoming a head resident? Go
to the college or university where you'd like to live and
talk with the Dean of Students. (A liberal co-ed school or
big university is best. Conservative universities and
all-girls' schools sometimes require their head residents
to take a too-active parent role toward students).
The Dean of Students may or may not be responsible for
hiring you, but it's important that you meet him and check
him out. He'll be the administrator you'll be closest to
and, if you don't like him or his philosophy, you don't
want the job.
There are really very few requirements for being a head
resident. A college degree is desirable, and it helps
immeasurably if you get along easily .with college
students. Any sort of leadership experience will also be to
your credit . . . work on social action projects, teaching,
even camp counseling. These and an
easy-going-but-responsible manner during the interview are
about all you need to qualify . . . it doesn't much matter
how you look.
So for free living, a small extra income and the chance to
save a huge percentage of your regular salary while
planning that Big Move to the country . . . check out a
head residency at your nearest university. Moving back to
Mother Earth by way of the college campus may seem like
nonsense at first . . . but it works. It really works.
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