Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the relationship between hybrid classes (where a per cent of the class meetings are online) and transportation-related CO[subscript 2] emissions at a commuter campus similar to San José State University (SJSU). Design/methodology/approach: A computer model was developed to calculate the number of trips to…

College student persistence and dropout have been studied for decades, but little inquiry has focused on community college or private two-year college students. Although about half of first-time postsecondary students enroll in a two-year college, researchers understand little about why only approximately a quarter of these degree-seekers complete…

Research in higher education attributes significant differences to the learning experiences of commuter and resident students. The literature indicates that the nature of the on-campus experience, the characteristics of the student, and the motivation for learning for the commuter student may have significant implications for educational planning.…

Two operational models for dealing effectively with needs in urban commuter institutions of higher education are described. (Editor)

The Situational Attitude Scale - Commuters (SAS-C) was employed to measure attitudes of student affairs professionals toward commuting students at the University of Maryland, College Park. Two forms of the SAS-C were randomly assigned. Both contained the same 10 situations and bipolar responses, except a term equivalent to…

The author reviews the literature about the effects of commuting on students. Commuting students tend to perceive and experience higher education differently than resident students. Educational planning, which tries to increase contact with faculty members and student peers, has been found to help commuting students. (SE)

This article describes how to use what we know about commuter students to design and implement strategies that enhance their retention. It includes a discussion of the extraordinary diversity of the commuter student population and their common needs and concerns and offers several theoretical frameworks that have proven to be useful in…

Suggests the salience of the "commuter perspective" attitude toward higher education, since the majority of students commute. Advocacy is urged to overcome the historical and predominantly exclusive residential perspective. The role of the commuter advocate is delineated, and necessary skills defined. Services, facilities and issues of equal…

Discusses commuter college students; presents a model to help librarians offering bibliographic instruction better accommodate commuter students that includes services for students, programs to interact with students, advocacy for students, and appropriate research; and considers faculty impact on commuter students. (LRW)

The first phase of a study to predict retention and withdrawal among disadvantaged students at an urban commuter institution is described. Variable selection for the study was guided by Tinto's (1975) and Bean's (1982) models. Pilot testing was undertaken to estimate some psychometric characteristics of Pascarella and Terenzini's institutional…

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)

TWO MODELS ARE PRESENTED TO AID PLANNERS IN SELECTING THE SITE FOR AN AREA SCHOOL WHICH IS MOST EFFICIENT IN MINIMIZING TIME AND COSTS OF TRANSPORTING STUDENTS. THE FIRST MODEL DEALS WITH THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCHOOL SITE AND BUS TRANSPORT PROBLEMS. SOLUTION TO THE SITE PROBLEM IS FOUND BY COMPUTING A LOCATION COEFFICIENT FOR EACH POTENTIAL SITE…

Ways in which colleges and universities can address the needs of off-campus students are presented in this report of a regional conference. The report is offered as a model for similar conferences. Following a brief description of the conference format, ideas are suggested for: (1) building and maintaining community liaisons and resources; (2)…

A causal model of academic factors affecting undergraduate student persistence at a large, urban, commuter university was tested. The effects of academic variables on persistence from fall to spring semester were also assessed for transfer and native students. The model accounted for 49% of the total variance in persistence, while separate models…

The relation between residence arrrangement and college attendance patterns was studied. The degree to which the nature of the group with whom a freshman college student lives may influence that student's decision to continue enrollment into the sophomore year was assessed. (MLW)