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Valeria Rizo – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This mixed methods action research study was conducted at a women's, private, liberal arts university in the United States with the purpose to create an opportunity for the Latina female first-generations college students (LFFGCS) to; build a sense of belonging and community, and provide them with more resources on a variety of financial topics in…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Private Colleges, Liberal Arts, Hispanic American Students
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Bryant, Ashleigh; Cook, Amy; Egan, Helen; Wood, Jeffrey; Mantzios, Michail – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2022
Researchers have studied help-seeking behaviours regarding students' mental health, highlighting their reluctance when in higher education. This study aimed to identify the facilitators and barriers to formal and informal sources of help-seeking for mental health difficulties in students based in the UK. Data from 304 participants (82% females)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Help Seeking, Commuting Students
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Versteijlen, Marieke; van Wee, Bert; Wals, Arjen – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: Daily commuting trips of higher education (HE) students account for a large proportion of the carbon footprint of a HE institution. Considerations of students underlying their choice of travel mode and their decision to make the trip to campus or to study online are explored as a necessary first step for finding an optimal balance between…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Conservation (Environment), Travel, Transportation
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Krisha Tripathy; Ria Bhasin; Riley McKinzie; Abigail Sackett; Martha-Ellen Storrs; Kathryn M. Janda – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This research seeks to understand food insecurity experiences among students at a large public university in the southern United States. Participants: Participants consented and completed an online survey disseminated on campus in April-May 2021 (N = 418). The participants sampled were predominantly undergraduate (78.2%), females…
Descriptors: Hunger, College Students, Commuting Students, On Campus Students
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Saleme, Pamela; Pang, Bo – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: Active school travel (AST) programmes aim to change commuting behaviour to improve children's physical and mental health. However, very limited health education programmes for children use segmentation to create tailored solutions that understand the specific characteristics of each group of children and their caregivers in order to yield…
Descriptors: Travel, Foreign Countries, Student Transportation, Commuting Students
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Lindsay E. Palmer; Sherry L. Pagoto; Deja Workman; Kathrine A. Lewis; Lauren Rudin; Nina De Luna; Valeria Herrera; Nathanial Brown; Jessica Bibeau; Kaylei Arcangel; Molly E. Waring – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: We examined undergraduates' concerns about returning to campus and online learning from home. Participants: Undergraduates majoring in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at US universities/colleges. Methods: Participants completed an online survey in July 2020. We content-analyzed responses to open-ended questions…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Majors (Students), COVID-19
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Legg, Eric; McWilliams, Claire – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2021
This research uses photo elicitation to examine the lived experience of the contemporary college student. Twenty-one participants took photographs of their college experience for a week, selected the five pictures that best represented their college experience, and then participated in a semi-structured interview to discuss the pictures.…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Experience, Photography, Student Attitudes