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King, Sarah B.; Kaczynski, Andrew T.; Knight Wilt, Jacqueline; Stowe, Ellen W. – SAGE Open, 2020
The aim of this study is to evaluate objective and perceived campus walkability as an environmental support for physical activity within a large Southeastern university. Ten university routes were evaluated twice for 24 key walkability characteristics. Eighty-three campus member surveys (62 students, 21 faculty/staff) were administered and…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Campuses, College Environment, College Students
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Hites, Lisle S.; Fifolt, Matthew; Beck, Heidi; Su, Wei; Kerbawy, Shatomi; Wakelee, Jessica; Nassel, Ariann – Evaluation Review, 2013
Background: While there is no panacea for alleviating campus safety concerns, safety experts agree that one of the key components to an effective campus security plan is monitoring the environment. Despite previous attempts to measure campus safety, quantifying perceptions of fear, safety, and risk remains a challenging issue. Since perceptions of…
Descriptors: School Safety, Campuses, Urban Universities, Mixed Methods Research
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Edwards, Daniel – Australian Universities' Review, 2009
The university attendance habits of Australians, in a geographic sense, are different from those in the United States, the United Kingdom and many other western countries. Australian university students are less likely to move between major cities to study. This paper finds that in addition to this, within a large metropolitan area, university…
Descriptors: College Students, Campuses, Metropolitan Areas, Foreign Countries
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Edgeworth, Kathryn; Eiseman, John – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2007
While there is a significant body of literature concerned with the experience of international students arriving to live and study at urban university campuses, very little of this research addresses the issue of overseas students' transition to rural areas. What issues do international students face when they arrive to live and study in rural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Campuses, Urban Universities
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Clark, Marcia Roe – About Campus, 2006
The work of helping students succeed on urban commuter campuses may be some of the most complicated in higher education. Even in understanding their tasks, educators at city-based institutions must typically draw on research and practice from an amalgam of other types of institutions, including community colleges, metropolitan universities, urban…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Campuses, Urban Universities, Enrollment
KLOTSCHE, J. MARTIN – 1966
URBAN UNIVERSITIES NOW ENROLL NEARLY ONE-HALF OF THE STUDENTS IN DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS. BECAUSE OF THIS INCREASING TREND, THESE URBAN UNIVERSITIES ARE BECOMING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE VOLUME DISCUSSES ASPECTS OF THE SCHOOL-COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP--(1) A PROFILE OF THE URBAN UNIVERSITY, (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Campuses, College Role, College Students