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Fjelkner-Pihl, Annika – Innovative Higher Education, 2023
The present mixed-methods study provides insight into how students in higher education describe and form multiplex relationships in a cohort of students attending a commuter college, thereby improving our understanding of the complex relationships within student groups and their relation to learning. The main aim was to understand the student…
Descriptors: College Students, Commuter Colleges, Social Networks, Interpersonal Relationship
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Smith, Brian T.; Charlton, Kelly; Allen, Ashley Batts – Open Education Studies, 2023
Universities spend significant time and energy establishing a sense of community for their students. University personnel strive to increase school community ties for commuter students who travel back and forth from home to campus under the assumption that these increased ties will predict academic success. In an effort to understand those…
Descriptors: Commuter Colleges, College Students, Sense of Community, Academic Achievement
Dana Parcher – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation explores the impact of physical campus spaces on the sense of belonging among commuter students. Drawing on qualitative data collected through photography, videos, interviews, observations, and campus materials, this study investigates how the physical campus environment shape students' perceptions of connection, inclusion, and…
Descriptors: Commuter Colleges, College Students, Student Attitudes, Student School Relationship
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Walker, Stephen – Journal of Access Services, 2022
The article addresses how a traditional Public commuter college library in the Bronx began making strides to automate student ID barcodes so online library access was granted without in person registrations. How does a barcode number get generated for an individual student and what offices need to be included in automating a library account? The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Commuter Colleges, Public Colleges, Library Services
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Salame, Issa I.; Casino, Pauline – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
General Chemistry is a course where students are expected to nurture the development of their fundamental concepts in chemistry. Students begin general chemistry with alternative conceptions about the topics and fragmented knowledge structures. Majority of students who successfully complete the general chemistry course sequence continue to hold…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Chemistry, College Science
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Capaldi, Mindy; Bugajski, Kristi; Goebbert, Bonnie Dahlke; Watters, Michael; Slattery, Michelle – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2022
Student retention is important to any university, especially keeping commuter students who are traditionally less anchored in campus life. Even more at risk, given the leaky STEM pipeline, are STEM commuter students. In 2016, Valparaiso University launched the Establishing Practices Integrating Commuter Students (EPIC) program, centered around…
Descriptors: College Students, STEM Education, Commuter Colleges, Undergraduate Students