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White, Jessica; Nonnamaker, John – NASPA Journal, 2008
The concept of community in higher education is broadly defined yet often exclusively linked with the undergraduate student population. Based on a two-year qualitative study at Oregon State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this article explores the notion of doctoral student community. Community as experienced by science…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Student Subcultures
Edington, Everett D.; Koehler, Lyle – 1987
Current educational research efforts are examining rural/urban differences in achievement, appropriateness of rural/urban achievement measures, effects of parents and community on the attainment of rural students, and how well rural students succeed in higher education. To accurately assess the small, rural school's impact on students, rural-urban…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research