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Direct linkDaniel Z. Merian – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In the 21st century, more students enroll in higher education and take federal loans to defer the cost of attendance resulting in average levels of borrowing steadily increasing. In the same timeframe, there is an increase in the number of students entering repayment for their federal loans and an increase in the proportion of individuals…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Financial Aid, Loan Default, Commuter Colleges
Christy Jung – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study examines the impact of grit (Duckworth et al., 2007), demographic characteristics, and environmental pull factors on academic outcomes for nursing students at an urban commuter institution. Undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students (N = 243) completed a survey that collected demographic information, assessed environmental pull…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Outcomes of Education, Nursing Students, Urban Universities
Peer reviewedWhitten, Donna; James, Adrian; Roberts, Cynthia – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2020
Institutions of higher education are increasingly focused on student outcomes such as persistence. This study investigated factors that contribute to a sense of belonging, a key contributor to persistence, in business students attending a small 4-year public commuter campus in the Midwest. A survey was administered to students in an introductory…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Small Colleges, Commuter Colleges, Business Administration Education
O'Connor, Kimberly; Drouin, Michelle; Davis, Jedidiah; Thompson, Hannah – Higher Education Quarterly, 2018
In this study, we provide a snapshot of cyber abuse behaviours among students at a single, mid-sized public commuter university in the United States. The goal of this study is to provide helpful information that can guide universities when creating cyber-civility policies, information that is currently lacking in Higher Education. We examine…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Commuter Colleges, College Students
Baker, Dominique J.; Arroyo, Andrew T.; Braxton, John M.; Gasman, Marybeth – Journal of College Student Development, 2020
Theoretical modeling has been a widely used tool in the student persistence literature for many years; however, only recently has it been applied to the Historical Black College or University (HBCU) context in an intentional way. We investigated a theory of student persistence in commuter institutions at 2 commuter HBCUs (N = 147 students).…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Colleges, African American Students, Commuter Colleges
Shortlidge, Erin E.; Rain-Griffith, Liz; Shelby, Chloe; Shusterman, Gwendolyn P.; Barbera, Jack – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
Embedding active learning is a common mechanism for meeting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education reform goals. Researchers have identified student benefits from such strategies, yet these benefits may not be universal for all students. We sought to identify how students at a nontraditional university perceive…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Science Instruction, Active Learning, Biology
