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Direct linkKrause, Kerri-Lee D. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2007
This qualitative study explores the nature of undergraduate commuter students' social involvement with peers during the transitional first six months of their university experience. Focus group interviews with 46 participants provided a student perspective of the role of social interactions in students' transition to university life. Findings…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Commuting Students, Student Attitudes, Student Needs
Peer reviewedBonifacio, Philip; Sinatra, Patricia – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1991
A study identified and compared the self-reported social, emotional, financial, and health problems of nontraditional, urban commuting college freshmen to determine their impact on academic success or failure. No significant correlations with achievement were found. Other findings included a greater number of emotional and health problems reported…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Commuting Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDonhardt, Gary – Planning for Higher Education, 1996
A study investigated how long it takes Frostburg State University (Maryland) (FSU) commuter students to drive to courses and how long they were willing to commute to pursue their educational goals. Students and graduates of two local two-year colleges, potential matriculants at FSU, were also asked how long they were willing to drive. Little…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Commuter Colleges, Commuting Students
