Single-Sex Dorms

ALABAMA, Ga.--The University of Alabama announced last month that it was creating a special "closed residence" hall that will be off limits to members of the opposite sex 24 hours a day.

While a number of campuses have reported over the last year that they were either not offering co-ed dorms as an option to their students anymore. Alabama may be the first major university to "lock up" a single-sex dorm, College Press Service reported recently.

"We had requests by both students and parents," explained John Kagle, Alabama's assistant housing director.