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Darling, Ruth A. – New Directions for Student Services, 2015
This chapter explores components necessary for creating an institutionally based action plan that supports commuter student success.
Descriptors: Commuting Students, Student Personnel Services, Academic Advising, Organizational Culture
Clay, Vaughn H., III – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Student affairs researchers have spent considerable energy studying the affect students' active participation in co-curricular activities has on student success, retention, and completion. Students becoming actively involved in co-curricular activities can have a positive effect on their overall success. However, much of the research pertaining to…
Descriptors: Commuting Students, Undergraduate Students, Private Colleges, Extracurricular Activities
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Kretovics, Mark – New Directions for Student Services, 2015
This chapter reviews student services and community-building initiatives aimed at serving commuter students online.
Descriptors: Commuting Students, Student Personnel Services, Online Systems, Computer Uses in Education
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Simpson, Denise Balfour; Burnett, Dana – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2019
This study focused on the relationship between living arrangement (residential vs. commuter) and the academic performance (grade point average) of first-year, full time undergraduate students at one public, 4-year university in the Southeast. Additionally, we analyzed five educationally effective practices as described by the National Survey of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average
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Hamzah, Rohana; Baharuddin, Nurul Ain Fatehah; Fauzi, Wan Jumani; Aripin, Muhamad Afzamiman – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2019
The social issues involving off-campus students are quite serious as these students are more susceptible to negative influences such as friends and the surrounding environment. Results from the preliminary study showed that there were four major problems which are relationship with the Creator, self-management, social relationship with housemates,…
Descriptors: Self Management, Peer Influence, College Students, Interpersonal Relationship
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McKenna, Brigid A.; Kopittke, Peter M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018
Quantifying student engagement with online learning resources on virtual learning environments such as BlackBoard is important in understanding how these technologies enhance the student learning. In the present study, it was examined when, and how often, first-year students accessed lecture recordings, lecture slides, and lecture notes via…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Science Instruction, Natural Resources, Science Curriculum
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Knol, Linda L.; Robb, Cliff A.; McKinley, Erin M.; Wood, Mary – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
Background: The prevalence of food insecurity among college students ranges from 14% to 59%. Most of the research to date has examined the determinants of food insecurity. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between food insecurity and self-rated health and obesity among college students living off campus. Methods:…
Descriptors: College Students, Food, Obesity, Online Surveys
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Magnussen, Jacey; Shankar, Irene – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2019
Faced with a growing demand for adequate policies and programs that meaningfully address sexual violence on campus, the provinces of British Columbia, Ontario and Manitoba have introduced legislation requiring all post-secondary institutions to institute a sexual assault policy. The remaining provinces and territories do not have similar…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Sexual Abuse, Violence, School Security
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Jacoby, Barbara – New Directions for Student Services, 2015
Theory helps us understand commuter students and develop environments, policies, and practices that enhance their educational experience.
Descriptors: Commuting Students, College Students, Educational Experience, Theories
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Magro, Juliana; Tabaei, Sara V. – Open Praxis, 2020
This case study describes the library's experience of collaborating with an undergraduate Psychology Department at Touro College to integrate open textbooks into their program. We discuss the pedagogical changes as well as explore the impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) on students' savings, their academic outcomes and perceptions of OER.…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Pilot Projects, Psychology, Teacher Attitudes
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Wode, Jessica – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2018
As University housing offices seek to maximize use of their available beds, it is valuable to understand the factors that are most important in influencing students to choose to move off campus. This study compares importance ratings on a wide range of housing factors for students who planned to stay on campus and those who planned to move off…
Descriptors: College Students, Place of Residence, Decision Making, On Campus Students
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Melton, Bridget F.; Jackson, Brandon; Whilhoitte, Sydni; Riggs, Amy Jo; Ryan, Greg A. – College Student Journal, 2018
The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of an Exercise is Medicine-On Campus (EIM-OC) campaign on university transit use. Implementation of the EIM-OC was conducted during a 3 week period, in a southeast, mid-sized university that embodies a population of just over 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The EIM-OC campaign…
Descriptors: Transportation, Undergraduate Students, Statistical Analysis, Commuting Students
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Wang, Shutao; Dong, Xuan; Mao, Yaqing – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2017
This study aimed to determine if boarding on campus benefited left-behind children's social-emotional competence (SEC). We developed a SEC scale for the Chinese context and culture using exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability analysis. Data were collected from 6638 school-aged children from 74 rural boarding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Boarding Schools, Social Development, Emotional Development
Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra; Papay, Clare; Choiseul-Praslin, Belkis; Lazo, Rebecca – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2022
This Executive Summary provides a brief overview of the entire Annual Report of the Cohort 3 TPSID Model Demonstration Projects (Year 1, 2020-2021). Information is provided about the TPSID projects about program characteristics, students characteristics, academics, academic supports, employment, vocational rehabilitation, residential services, and…
Descriptors: Program Content, Access to Education, Student Needs, Student Characteristics
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Lyken-Segosebe, Dawn E.; Moremi, Mbiganyi; Mafuraga, Mbizo; Mogotsi, Benjamin M. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2019
Commuter students can be found at practically every institutional type in higher education. Despite their increasing numbers as returning students to pursue Master's and PhD programs, little is known about postgraduate commuter students and their experiences at US and international universities. A mixed-methods embedded design was utilized to…
Descriptors: College Environment, Campuses, Environmental Influences, Sense of Community
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