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Asha Kaushik; Sunil Rai; Geeta Thakur; Pankaj Kumar – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2024
This study establishes a relationship between commuting time and academic attainment of Bachelor of Technology students in face-to-face lectures and labs. A group of 244 students from a private university in India participated in this study. Surveys were conducted to know the specific effect of commuting time on students' academic performance and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Commuting Students, Undergraduate Students, In Person Learning
Michael O'Hagan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this non-experimental, quantitative correlational study was to investigate whether any significant relationships existed between one-way student commute distance and retention for first-time, community college freshmen. Additional student success metrics such as three-year graduation rates, enrollment status, credit hours attempted…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Persistence, Commuting Students, Correlation
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Gonsalves, Joanna – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2017
Improving rates of honors program completion is a goal of virtually all honors directors and deans, and research can help identify and evaluate promising strategies. A number of recent empirical studies have investigated predictors of program completion, including students' admission credentials and honors program features. Though specific…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Predictor Variables, College Admission, Program Descriptions
Balfour, Denise Shata – ProQuest LLC, 2013
One way students become engaged in their undergraduate experience is through place of residence. Factors associated with high academic performance suggest high levels of engagement in campus life. This study investigated the relationship between living arrangement and the academic performance of first-year, full-time undergraduate students. The…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Place of Residence, Correlation, Academic Achievement
Saltiel, Henry – ProQuest LLC, 2011
A quasi-experiment using quantitative methods was conducted to examine the effects on academic student outcomes when a cohort of employed low-SES community college commuter students (the treatment group, N=198) participated in a comprehensive support and access intervention program, compared with similar students (the matched comparison group,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Schools, School Holding Power, Graduation Rate
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Nicpon, Megan Foley; Huser, Laura; Blanks, Elva Hull; Sollenberger, Sonja; Befort, Christie; Kurpius, Sharon E. Robinson – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2007
Based on Tinto's (1993) model of academic persistence, this study investigated the relationship of loneliness, social support, and living arrangements with academic persistence decisions of 401 college freshmen. Participants completed a series of standardized instruments during class time. Social support was negatively related to loneliness and…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Academic Persistence