Describes teaching literature to non-English majors (primarily working adults) at Golden Gate University. Discusses how the authors create a classroom environment in which students are given permission to engage in literary works in the context of their own lives as well as to consider texts historically and stylistically. (RS)

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)…

Layout, control, and sign posting in the design of parking facilities is discussed emphasizing self parking and automated control. Considerations such as site, traffic, function of the facility, city codes, and sizes are related to design considerations. Traffic control factors are related to the direction and placement of cars and the collection…

It was hypothesized that students living in campus dormitories would have a significantly higher grade point average than students commuting to colleges. The population used in the study consisted of freshman students completing their first academic year during the spring of 1976, 1977, and 1978. The means of the grade point averages for each year…

Mail questionnaires sent to 200 commuters (100 white and 100 black) indicated a number of differences and similarities between the two groups, using chi square and t at the .05 level. The black commuter, as compared to the white, tended to be an older married female traveling further and spending more time and money to get to campus, and receiving…

This document presents a speech by the President of Florida International University concerning the creation of the institution. Florida International is an upper-level college located outside of Miami. The institution has been innovative in its physical structure as well as in its educational philosophy. Located at the site of the abandoned…

The University Opinion Poll conducted a two-stage survey of campus bicycle usage and opinions toward campus bicycle facilities. In the first stage, 952 persons, 78% of a random sample of students and staff reported their commuting habits and opinions about campus bicycle lanes. In the second stage, 139 persons, 84% of a sample of student and staff…

This document presents data on student expenses at collees and other postsecondary educational institutions. Data were collected from the Parents' Confidential Statement (PCS) and the Student's Financial Statement (SFS), two information forms of the College Scholarship Service (CSS). Data on costs on more than 2,000 institutions were provided by…

The use of on-campus areas for study purposes by students at the University of Alberta were investigated. Study facilities were assessed according to: use and satisfaction of existing facilities, needs as stated by the students for study areas, discrepancies between the existing facilities and the type of facility the students feel they need.…

This report presents an analysis of the free time on campus utilization of lounging space at the University of Alberta. Data were collected by a questionnaire limited to student life outside of the instruction time. Results indicated: (1) next to student study, lounging space is the most important informal time need; (2) students from many…

This report outlines the major purposes, goals, functions, organization staffing and future directions of the Office of Commuter Services at the University of Maryland, College Park. It is a description of what presently exists and what needs to be done. Appendices include job descriptions, commuter utilization of selected services on campus,…

Describes the Dartmouth Intensive Language Model which was originally developed to teach a crash course in French to Peace Corps volunteers. Describes the methodology used to teach this course at Bernard Baruch College and the negative effect of the college's physical environment and of the "commuting" factor on the class. (SED)

Two operational models for dealing effectively with needs in urban commuter institutions of higher education are described. (Editor)

Used social network analysis to examine the role of social support networks in student persistence among residential and commuter students. Found that commuter students are less likely to persist, while residential students who reported making greater numbers of new friends with connections to the school also reported attaining personal and…