Study Spaces in College: Why Are They Important? [MUSIC PLAYING] Mark Montgomery: So one of the things I like to do when I visit a college campus is to check out the study spaces. And some of my students, of course, think I'm crazy because how boring is that to think about studying when you're in college? Much more fun to think about all the parties and all the social things and all the activities you might be involved in. But you will spend a lot of time studying. So I do ask students when I'm on a tour or when I'm looking around where are the possible places, or what are the kinds of places you can find on campus to study? A lot of students like to study in their dorm room. I'm not sure I always like that. I think that's a great idea, but here at Seattle University in Seattle, they have all these individual study rooms that you can come in and grab. This is a Saturday. There are hardly any of them being used. People are doing other kinds of things today. But very comfortable, nice chairs, Herman Miller. Really great place to sit down. And then over here, there's another little room here first students to sit down, and relax, and have a little bit more informal kind of studying, reading, working on a particular homework. You have cup holders here and everything, so you can have your drink that you buy down in the cafe down in the library. And then over here, there's another group study room, right here, so that you can reserve the room for a group of you. If you have a project that you're working on with other students, you can actually, here, you can reserve it with a touchpad and keep it for two hours without running into another reservation. It tells you whether it's available or unavailable. And then if you want to do it in advance, you can go online here at the university, and you can reserve that room well in advance. So this is just a sample of the kinds of places where you could study in a library. Often, the different floors, each one has its own kind of study space. It's a good thing to check out because you are going to be spending some time studying. I know that sounds kind of crazy, but you are going to spend time studying. And you want to be able to know, well, where are the cool places, where the quiet places, where the places that are going to be right for me to study to get my work done. So think about that when you're choosing a college.