Informal Faculty-Student Contact and Commuter College Freshmen.

Iverson, Barbara K.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1984

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Informal Faculty-Student Contact and Commuter College Freshmen.

Iverson, Barbara K.; And Others

Research in Higher Education, v21 n2 p123-36 1984

The extent to which informal contact socializes students by influencing their educational aspiration level in a commuter setting was investigated using a longitudinal data collection with the student as unit of analysis. Significant interactions between informal faculty-student contact and race were found. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Aspiration, College Freshmen, Commuting Students, Higher Education, Informal Leadership, Interpersonal Relationship, Models, Racial Differences, Socialization, Teacher Influence, Teacher Student Relationship

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