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Rue, Penny – Commuter, 1982
Guidelines are given for producing a newsletter to provide information about campus programs, activities, and services of interest to commuting students. The following questions regarding newsletters are answered: (1) What information do commuting students need? (2) What format would be most effective? (3) How can news and articles be obtained?…
Descriptors: College Students, Commuting Students, Guidelines, Higher Education
Commuter, 1981
Publicity techniques for reaching commuter students are presented in this article. Following a discussion of the special problems associated with reaching commuter students with information, the difference between promotion, advertising, and publicity is explained. Publicity strategies are then provided for: (1) reaching adult students; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Advertising, Commuting Students, Evening Students
Commuter, 1982
The goal of the UMaps Project at the University of Maryland, College Park, is to make a large, diverse campus seem smaller and more organized and thus more hospitable, especially to commuting students. The UMaps are a series of six comprehensive guides to academic, vocational, and co-curricular activities which list the opportunities and resources…
Descriptors: College Environment, Commuting Students, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education
Voit, Sandy – Commuter, 1980
SUNY (State University of New York)-Binghamton's Off Campus College (OCC) has developed an inexpensive alternative for providing legal advice to students living off campus. Legal aid needs of off-campus students are greater due to possible disagreements concerning tenancy, security deposits, housing code compliance, utility bills, exterminators,…
Descriptors: College Students, Commuting Students, Higher Education, Lawyers
Rue, Penny – Commuter, 1981
Commuter students are often left out of college programs because their needs and schedules differ substantially from the traditional student for whom the programs are planned. Once the basic educational needs of the commuter student are being met, planners can focus on developing programs geared to other needs of the commuter such as personal…
Descriptors: College Programs, Commuting Students, Demography, Guidelines
McCully, Barbie – Commuter, 1980
A self-assessment of commuter student programs and services at San Diego State University (SDSU) indicated that the university was doing well in meeting the needs of this population. For many years, most of the students at SDSU have been commuter students. Services and programs that were developed were created with the commuter student in mind.…
Descriptors: College Students, Commuter Colleges, Commuting Students, Higher Education
Henckler, Joyce D. – Commuter, 1982
In an effort to inform commuter students of services and programs on a regular basis, the University of Maine at Orono launched a campaign consisting of a newsletter and orientation sessions targeted directly at commuter students. The newsletter included topics of special interest to commuter students such as housing services, ridesharing, child…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Commuting Students, Higher Education
Moore, Bill – Commuter, 1981
Ways in which colleges and universities can address the needs of off-campus students are presented in this report of a regional conference. The report is offered as a model for similar conferences. Following a brief description of the conference format, ideas are suggested for: (1) building and maintaining community liaisons and resources; (2)…
Descriptors: College Students, Commuting Students, Conferences, Guidelines