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Research Blog #10

Commuters Must Not Be Lost on the Road to Higher Education Abstract This research paper will explore the effects being a commuting student has on academic and social status. A majority of commuters naturally face multiple responsibilities including, a job, household and family tasks, transportation, as well as academics. As a result, commuters are naturally unable to devote their full time and energy when it comes to college. One of the more underrated aspects of college is its transformative qualities. Young adults, not only gain the skills and knowledge to become independent adults, but they also gain a new perspective, a new identity, and new relationships. Commuter students with their time stretched to the limit are unable to fully experience college’s transformative power. This differs greatly from their counterparts: students who live on campus. This demographic of students has the opportunity spend their time, energy, and resources exclusively to their ...
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Literature Review #5

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  2. Jacoby, Barbara. “Why Involve Commuter Students in Learning?” New Directions For Higher Education. No. 109. Involving Commuter Students in Learning. 2000.   3. In "Why Involve Commuter Students in Learning?", Barbara Jacoby introduces the concept of the college transformation process. Students go to school in order to develop their knowledge, relationships, and perception of the world around them. This process however, can only be undergone through commitment and engagement. Commuter students are unable to undergo this process as they only see school as a place for attending school, instead of an experience. 4. Barbara Jacoby is the director of commuter affairs and community service at the University of Maryland. She is the editor of the book Service-Learning in Higher Education. She is a sought-after speaker and consultant on service learning. 5.  Terms Transition Theory- A transition is any event or nonevent that changes relationships, routines, ...
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Research Blog #9

Argument For my research paper I have discussed the issues of living off campus for commuting students. It is believed that students who commute to school generally have less success than students who reside on campus. College for young adults is a period of transition. Students come to a secluded environment with similarly-aged residents and form a community in an attempt to develop into independent adults. Commuters are unable to undergo this development as they are usually dependent on their parents. Students who commute typically have to face more responsibilities than the normal college student. This is due to the fact that students who commute do not get the chance to integrate properly on campus. They must work, travel, and deal with their families. As a result they have less time to study, or focus on academics, and socially living at home, in their bubble prevents them from spending time at school where they can interact with other students. Schools should do a better job in...
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Research Blog #8

Case   Because commuter students tend to be from lower to middle class backgrounds, are usually first-generation college students, and are usually less affluent than their residential counterparts I plan on using Elizabeth Armstrong and Laura Hamilton's book Paying for the Party to make a real world representation of my frame. While, Armstrong and Hamilton's book does not expressly use commuter students in their study, they do use residential students who share many of the same qualities. They use students who work part time jobs, are poorer than the normal resident student, and find themselves with fewer  opportunities to take advantage of all of their university's resources. As a result these students are usually socially isolated from their dorm mates. These issues are all similar to the ones that commuter students face. One of the examples I plan on using in the book is of Amanda. Due to her status as a less affluent student she found it hard to find a common connect...
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Reserach Blog #7

Frame One theoretical concept that has helped me in my research about commuting students and their ability to integrate themselves in the "college experience" was the research of Rebekah Nathan in her book, "Student Culture and Liminality". Nathan uses the term, "liminality" to discuss the transitional qualities that college provides. According to Nathan, college is an institute that creates an environment that will foster growth and positive change in young adults. That will be close to what I plan on discussing in my paper. By discussing the importance of how student integration and engagement, are vital to academic success and personal development in college I can highlight why commuter students tend to do less well than their residential counterparts in college. I will also like to include Barbara Jacoby's book, " Why Involve Commuter Students in Learning?” who uses the term "transitional events" to describe college. A transitio...
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Research Blog #6

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  My visual is a graph from the University of Utah (2016). The graph represents the GPAs of first year students of resident students vs. commuting students. 
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Literature Review #4

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Georgiana L. Martin                                                                                        Cindy Ann Kilgo 2. Martin, Georgianna. Kilgo, Cindy. "Exploring the Impact of Commuting to Campus on Psychological and Well-Being." New Directions for Student Services , No. 150. Periodicals Inc. Summer 2015. 3. Martin and Kilgo have collaborated together to conduct research on how students that commute daily to school are affected psychologically by their living situations. They researched the factors that affect the development of commuting...
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