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Download full textBorden, Victor M. H.; Gentemann, Karen – 1993
A student survey at a metropolitan university examined priorities of both traditional and non-traditional students; the survey resulted from anxieties expressed by some students about not having a traditional college experience. The administration was trying to decide whether to allocate resources to create a football program within this commuter,…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Satisfaction, Commuter Colleges, Educational Environment
Direct linkBraxton, John M.; Hirschy, Amy S.; McClendon, Shederick A. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2004
Student departure is a long-standing problem to colleges and universities. Approximately 45 percent of students enrolled in two-year colleges depart during their first year, and approximately one out of four students departs from a four-year college or university. The authors advance a serious revision of Tinto's popular interactionalist theory to…
Descriptors: Dropout Research, Commuter Colleges, Academic Persistence, Interdisciplinary Approach
