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Chapin, Laurie A.; Oraison, Humberto; Nguyen, Thinh; Osmani, Sera; Keohane, Emily – Student Success, 2023
Australian university students who are the first in their family to attend university are more likely to encounter challenges in their transition to university, and programs to support students are important for success and retention. Fifteen first-in-family (FiF) students participated in an Australian-first pilot orientation program. Program…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Foreign Countries, Barriers, Student Adjustment
Benjamin E. Norquist – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This project is a regional case study of higher education institutions, employees, and students in the occupied Palestinian town of Bethlehem. A three-article format, this project employs autoethnography to explore the ways the author's religious community conceived of the holy land; mapping and photo documentation to explore the infrastructures…
Descriptors: Land Settlement, Teaching Methods, Ethnography, Autobiographies
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Haynes, John E.; Quinn, Frances; Miller, Judith A. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
Teacher biography, as a reflective practice, was implemented in the context of Physical Education in a primary teacher education course at a regional Australian university. Second year students were asked to provide descriptions of a critical incident they experienced at the primary or secondary level in a Physical Education or sporting context…
Descriptors: Reflection, Preservice Teachers, Physical Education, Foreign Countries
Locklear, Lawrence T. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
There is a paucity of research on American Indian students in U.S. higher education, particularly those who commute and are citizens of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Unfortunately, no studies have examined the engagement of undergraduate Lumbee commuter students. Kuh (2009b) defined student engagement as "the time and effort students…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Commuting Students, Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement
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Garland, John L. – New Directions for Student Services, 2015
This chapter provides information and resources for higher education professionals to better serve and support students who commute or live off campus and who may also have a disability.
Descriptors: Commuting Students, Student Personnel Services, College Students, Disabilities
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Paradowska, Monika – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of rivalry and excludability in transport systems on the positive external effects important for the functioning of a large private university in Wroclaw (Poland). In the context of campus sustainability, policy implications supporting sustainable transport are discussed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Transportation, Private Colleges, Sustainable Development
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Baron, Sheila I.; Brown, Pamela; Cumming, Tammie; Mengeling, Michelle – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2020
Challenges to establishing and maintaining undergraduate research programs include how to demonstrate impact as evidence for future funding, establish eligibility criteria when resources are limited, and assess new components. To address these challenges, undergraduate researcher GPA, credit accumulation and time to graduation were evaluated…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement
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Newbold, John J. – New Directions for Student Services, 2015
This chapter outlines the unique time management issues and stress factors faced by the typical commuter student, as well as some of the various coping strategies.
Descriptors: Life Style, Commuter Colleges, Commuting Students, Time Management
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Ishitani, Terry T.; Reid, Aileen M. – New Directions for Student Services, 2015
This chapter explores first-to-second-year persistence behavior among first-time commuter students enrolled in 4-year universities and colleges.
Descriptors: Commuting Students, Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence, Student Behavior
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Naylor, Ryan; Chakravarti, Sumone; Baik, Chi – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
This study describes research examining the expectations and experiences of PhD students undertaking a PhD in off-campus research institutes and hospitals that are affiliated with an Australian research-intensive university. Much of our knowledge of the expectations and experiences of PhD students in Australia stem from those that undertake…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Expectation, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
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McKenna, Kelly; Altringer, Levi – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the Colorado state university (CSU) MOVES online, transportation module, which was implemented for the dual purpose of promoting alternative modes of transportation and while providing students with the information and skills necessary to comfortably and safely commute on and around campus without a personal…
Descriptors: Student Transportation, Commuting Students, Innovation, Learning Modules
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Legg, Eric; McWilliams, Claire – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2021
This research uses photo elicitation to examine the lived experience of the contemporary college student. Twenty-one participants took photographs of their college experience for a week, selected the five pictures that best represented their college experience, and then participated in a semi-structured interview to discuss the pictures.…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Experience, Photography, Student Attitudes
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Gardner, Jeffrey A.; McKinzie, Ashleigh E. – Teaching Sociology, 2020
This article analyzes the effectiveness of an activity we developed to help students better understand intersectionality. Intersectionality is an analytic concept that signifies ways that inequalities may overlap to create unique forms of privilege and subjugation. In the activity, students use assigned vignettes from the perspective of research…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Philosophy
Hatch, Cathie; Skipper, Tracy L.; Porter, Jennifer; Herby, Caitlin – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2017
Family members of new college students are often unsure what to expect and how to best help their students succeed in higher education. Focusing on the unique needs of commuter students, this brief guide describes typical challenges in adjusting to college, support services and opportunities offered by colleges and universities, and strategies…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Adjustment, Expectation, Learner Engagement
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Mann, Mana; Silver, Ellen J.; Stein, Ruth E. K. – Journal of School Health, 2018
BACKGROUND: We examined factors associated with active commuting to school and the relationships of active commuting and physical activity to child- and teacher-reported internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in a sample of third graders. METHODS: The study sample consisted of 13,166 third graders enrolled in the Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Children, Commuting Students
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