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Kruger, Kevin – New Directions for Higher Education, 2000
This paper addresses information technology's potential to change the nature of the commuter student experience. Drawing on research on distance learning, community colleges, and adult student development, it offers suggestions for using technology to create academic community and to foster student learning outside the curriculum, and also…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Community Colleges, Commuting Students
Miner, Stephen G. – Campus Activities Programming, 1998
Some innovations in portable technology are of particular interest to community colleges, where students are more likely to be commuters and/or have multiple commitments. Professionals in campus activities programming can capitalize on computer-literacy course requirements for the benefit of their student volunteers in ways that encourage them to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Commuting Students, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Trends