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Edwards, Danielle Sanderson; Cowen, Joshua – National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice, 2021
Families' abilities to participate in public school choice programs may be constrained by residential and school location. We provide some of the first evidence of the role that residential mobility and commute time to school in entry into and exit from inter-district and charter school choice. Using a unique panel of student enrollment and…
Descriptors: School Choice, Place of Residence, School Location, Student Mobility
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Ginder, Scott A.; Kelly-Reid, Janice E.; Mann, Farrah B. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) collects institution-level data from postsecondary institutions in the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia) and other United States jurisdictions. 1 This First Look presents findings from the preliminary data of the IPEDS fall 2017 data collection, which included three…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Costs, Educational Finance
Neves, Jonathan; Hillman, Nick – Higher Education Academy, 2017
Since 2006 (with the exception of 2013), the "Student Academic Experience Survey" has been designed and developed in partnership between the Higher Education Policy Institute and the Higher Education Academy (HEPI-HEA). The Survey has become one of the major surveys within the UK higher education landscape, providing insight into how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, National Surveys, Higher Education
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2016
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and its companion projects serve colleges and universities committed to monitoring and improving the quality of the undergraduate experience. While participating institutions receive detailed customized reports, the "Annual Results" series presents noteworthy aggregate findings from the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, National Surveys, Educational Quality, Student Characteristics
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2015
In 2015, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) collected responses from more than 315,000 first-year and senior students attending 585 bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. This report presents selected NSSE results from students at 541 U.S. institutions or subsets of that group where…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, National Surveys, Educational Quality, Student Characteristics
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2007
This annual report provides detailed information concerning tuition and mandatory fees at public higher institutions in the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's (WICHE's) 15-state region, including an institution-by-institution historical review of tuition changes from year to year as well as a 10-year average. Also included are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Classification, Tuition, Fees
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 1999
This report discusses vocational education and training (VET) and distance for Australian VET students. The following are some of the findings for commuting students, as reported in a detailed national data collection on where Australian VET students live and where they take their training: (1) the median distance between a student's place of…
Descriptors: Commuter Colleges, Commuting Students, Correspondence Study, Distance Education
Simpson, H.; Powell, J. P. – 1985
Characteristics of students entering the University of New South Wales (Australia) in 1985 were surveyed. Responses by 1,908 students provided information on ethnicity, socio-economic status, sources of financial support, employment, and travel to the university. Findings were similar to those of a 1976 survey and confirmed that students from…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Commuting Students, Educational Background, Family Characteristics
Case, Joe Paul; Jacobson, Edmund C. – 1979
Information is presented about the costs of pursuing education beyond high school at different institutions. An introductory section analyzes student-expense data on a nationwide basis. Student expenses are listed for approximately 2,930 postsecondary institutions. Analyses are provided for four different budget types: budgets for dependent…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Students, Commuting Students, Educational Finance
Rice, Robert L. – 1983
In 1980, a study was conducted to determine the student dropout rate at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster and the characteristics of typical dropout students. Data were obtained for 99% of the 736 students enrolled during fall 1980 with respect to variables including race, sex, marital status, age, major, day/evening schedule,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Commuting Students, Comparative Analysis, Day Students
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1983
In 1981, a study of the costs to students of commuting to community colleges in Illinois was conducted as an aid to analyzing student financial need policies, to helping students make informed decisions about college attendance, and to analyzing tuition policies related to student costs. A survey instrument was administered to 2,847 students from…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Community Colleges, Commuter Colleges, Commuting Students
Burtner, Robert F.; Tincher, Wilbur A. – 1979
Problems experienced by nonresident students at Auburn University and areas in which they are receiving fewer opportunities for personal development, compared with residential students, were studied. Responses to a survey were obtained from 624 nonresident students and 223 resident students. Statistical data and a descriptive summary of the survey…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Commuting Students, Comparative Analysis
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1990
Prepared to assist the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges in the development of its "1990-91 Basic Agenda," this paper discusses several major statewide trends with important implications for California's community colleges. The paper offers data on population and enrollment growth, labor market changes requiring…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Commuting Students, Demography, Educational Assessment
Stafford, Thomas H., Jr. – 1973
Students who reside off-campus at North Carolina State University were surveyed in 1973 to determine their attitudes toward university policies, programs, and services. Of the 372 randomly selected students, 153 responded. Information is presented about the following areas: participation in university services, participation in university student…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Students, Commuting Students, Counseling Services
Stafford, Thomas H., Jr.; Pate, Nancy D. – 1979
A North Carolina State University study compared college freshmen who lived in campus residence halls, off-campus with their parents, and off-campus but not with their parents. Changes during the freshman year were compared on the following areas: educational goals, career plans and goals, political views, opinions on college-related issues,…
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Freshmen, College Housing, Commuting Students