3) Summary: This paper tries to answer the question of whether commuter students are more disengaged than those living on campus. The study consisted of over 105,000 first year students and fourth year students across 470 different four year colleges. They came to a conclusion that students who live on campus are more engaged overall compared to those who commute.
4) Authors:
George D Kuh: He is a research professor of education policy the University of Illinois and Chancellor's Professor of Higher Education Emertus at Indiana University. He has over 400 publications on different topics like student engagement and campus cultures.
Robert M Gonyea: He is an Associate Director of the Center for Post Secondary Research. He coordinates and conducts reasearch for the National Survey of Student Engagement and othe projects. He also have multiple publications.
Megan Palmer: She is a Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development as well as Director of the Academy of Teaching Scholars at Indiana University. She has received several awards in her field.
5) Key Terms:
Commuter Student: Those students whose place of residence while attending college is not in a campus residence hall or ina fraternity/sorority house.
Engagement: This is broken down into many forms such as: Levels of academic challenge, active and collaborative learning, student interactions with faculty memeber, eriching educational experiences and supportive campus environment.
6) Quotes:
-"This means that driving commuters really do have less contact with their teachers (especially seniors) and do not take advantage of such opportunities as co-curricular activities, community service, study abroad, internships and so forth." pg 8
-"Once again, all the effect sizes associated with significant mean differences are positive, indicating that residential students reported higher gains than students living off campus."-pg 8
-"It’s true that students who live on campus are more engaged overall compared with students who commute"-pg 9
7) Students who live on campus are more engaged and gain a lot more in personal and social competence, practicalc competence and general education than those who commute. These gains transfer into them doing better in classes and overall getting a better experience at college. So there is a clear advantage in living on campus compared to commuting.
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