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ERIC Number: EJ605207
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-0560
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Why Involve Commuter Students in Learning?
Jacoby, Barbara
New Directions for Higher Education, n109 p3-12 Spr 2000
This introductory essay reviews the literature on commuter students' needs and experiences and compares several theoretical models that can be used to create environments, cultures, and structures that enable commuter students to become deeply involved in learning. Reports data that indicate the importance of increasing students' involvement to ensure their academic success. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Commuting Students, Higher Education, School Holding Power, Student Motivation, Student Participation, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue: "Involving Commuter Students in Learning."