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Perry, J. Adam – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2022
Grounded in an analysis of interviews with migrant farm workers in Canada, this article explores how learning in the everyday contexts of temporary transnational labor migration is implicated in both migrant identity formation and the social reproduction of an established and growing labor migration regime. The article focuses on thinking through…
Descriptors: Situated Learning, Migrant Workers, Workplace Learning, Seasonal Laborers
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Peters, Julie; Wakabayashi, Peggy; Weppler, Glen; D'Alessio, Maya; Mudge, Rebecca – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2018
A multi-institutional study of five Canadian universities was undertaken to examine the impact of living in residence on students' first-year grade point averages (GPAs), retention to the second year, and graduation. While previous studies have linked living in residence to improved academic outcomes, most of the research has been based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Dormitories
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Qin, Pei; Brown, Cary A. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
Sleep plays an important role in both students' academic and personal life. Despite widespread sleep problems among young adults, few studies focus on higher education students living in campus residence. This study investigated residence-living students' sleep patterns, sleep promoting practices, sources of help seeking, and preferred ways to…
Descriptors: Sleep, College Students, On Campus Students, Health Behavior
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Decker, Jody F.; Slawson, Robin M. – Journal of American College Health, 2012
Objective: The aim of this Canadian study was to assess student behavioral response to disease transmission risk, while identifying high microbial deposition/transmission sites. Participants: A student survey was conducted during October 2009. Methods: The methods included a survey of students to assess use of health services, vaccination…
Descriptors: Health Services, Evidence, Risk, Foreign Countries
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Waterman, Stephanie J. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2012
Native American students find sources of strength in their families, communities, and culture. This article reviews the experiences of 26 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) college graduates who lived in residence halls while enrolled in college. These students obtained college educations while remaining culturally centered by going home often, some said…
Descriptors: American Indians, American Indian Education, Student Motivation, Educational Attainment
Webster, Andrea, Comp.; Sweeney, Seann, Comp. – Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2010
This paper includes over 1,250 stories that catalog a broadening and deepening commitment to campus sustainability by colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. The 380-page report categorizes stories from nearly 600 higher education institutions into 24 chapters, spanning education and research, campus operations, and administration and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Environmental Education
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Berg, Kathleen M. – Journal of College Student Development, 1988
Investigated incidence of eating disorders among 584 women living in university residence halls and differences in prevalence rates between single-sex and co-ed floors. Results revealed a significantly higher incidence of bulimic symptomatology on co-ed floors than on single-sex floors. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Bulimia, College Housing, College Students, Dormitories
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Baker, Paul Morgan – Small Group Behavior, 1983
Describes factors affecting the development of mutuality of attraction in natural small groups, and tests the hypothesis of the acquaintance process in 41 female residents of three floors of a university dormitory over the course of a year. Two floors showed definite increases in dyadic mutuality over time. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Dormitories, Females, Foreign Countries
Rodger, Susan C.; Johnson, Andrew W. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2005
This study was designed to measure affective, behavioral, and cognitive variables in a sample of 3159 first-year students, and to compare these variables by the type of residence building in which the student lived. Students living in suite-style buildings reported a greater sense of belonging, and higher activity levels than students living in…
Descriptors: Dormitories, College Freshmen, College Housing, On Campus Students
Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). Education, Science, and Culture Div. – 1980
Information on tuition and living accommodation costs at Canadian universities for 1979-80 and 1980-81 is presented. Accomodation costs are for university-operated residences and housing and not for accommodation in off-campus private quarters. The costs do not include transportation and personal expenditures. The Canada Student Loans Program is…
Descriptors: College Housing, College Programs, Dormitories, Foreign Countries
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Carson, Auleen; And Others – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1995
A study investigated the degree to which Canadian colleges and universities (n=22) integrated academic goals into their student residential systems. Results show little integration of academic goals into residence administration, and that the academic programming that exists is fragmented and short term. In addition, there is little faculty…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, College Faculty, Dormitories
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Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1998
This report provides detailed information on ancillary enterprises at provincially assisted universities and at affiliated and federated colleges in Ontario (Canada) for the fiscal year that ended April 30, 1997. Such enterprises include school stores (including bookstores), food services, residences, conferences, parking, publishing, and other…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), College Stores, Conferences
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Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1999
This report provides detailed information on ancillary enterprises at provincially assisted universities and affiliated and federated colleges in Ontario (Canada) for the fiscal year ending 30 April 1998. Such enterprises include school stores (including bookstores), food services, residences, conferences, parking, publishing, and other…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), College Stores, Conferences
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This December 3, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "For Student-Loan Borrowers, Good Credit Where It's Due" (Gross,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Debt (Financial), Student Loan Programs, Politics of Education