[refurb]

room and board

You're paying for room and board regardless if you go to college or not. Or you can just live with your parents.

[pilom]

In reply to jazzyk, very few community colleges require that and even if you don't include those, most state schools will waive that requirement if you are over a certain age I.e. you went back to school.

[jazzyk]

Most colleges require on-campus residence for at least 1 year (usually 2 years)

[k-mcgrady]

Seriously? I've never heard of this in the UK. How can a college require that? It's outrageous.