An Analysis Of The Relationship Between Distance From Campus And Gpa Of Commuter Students

Abstract

A variety of factors influence a student’s ability to succeed in college and complete a degree program. Students who live on-campus, at least during their freshman year, have been shown to be more likely to complete their degrees than are students who live off-campus. Students who are commuters may have more demands on their time and may have fewer opportunities to develop a strong commitment to their studies and to their university. It may be hypothesized that students who live farther away from a campus may find it more difficult to attend classes and to complete outside tasks required by their classes. In an initial test of this hypothesis, an examination of the relationship between a commuter student’s distance from campus and his/her overall grade point average is assessed. Results do not support this hypothesis. Possible reasons for this finding and directions for future research are discussed.

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“…On a basic level, our findings regarding commuter students echo previous scholarship (e.g. Nelson et al, 2016) showing the incredible diversity of identities, needs, and challenges for non-residential students, including competing roles and demands for their time, prohibitive commutes and transportation issues, and diverse geographic communities of origin.…”

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“…Students travelling substantial distances to school would be exposed to longer time spent in transit, which may detract from the time they can spend on homework or preparing for the next day of school (Andre-Bechely, 2007). Nelson, Misra, Sype, and Mackie (2016) reported that students who live further away from a school find it difficult to complete outside-school tasks requested by their teachers. Waswa (2015) found that long distances hinder girls from continuing school, and this contributes to a failure to complete their class and homework.…”

“…Literature shows that commuting students suffer from fatigue as well as loss of concentration (Moyo, 2013;Taiwo, 2019) and lack of sleeping time (Pradhan & Sinha, 2017), due to long hours spent on the journey. Further, travelling long distances every day does not allow students time to attend to their studies at home (Nelson et al, 2016), and therefore commuting students perform poorly in mathematics. Mathematics is a subject which requires learners to apply high levels of concentration and energy to acquire the necessary knowledge and mathematical skills and, thus, to perform better.…”

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“…The problem is that such "cost-saving strategies" end up impeding their chance of completing college because of their reduced engagement to campus life, and most importantly to the educational process at large. The academic performance of commuter students compared to their non-commuter peers was indeed studied by Nelson et al (2016) on a sample of students in East-Central Michigan University. The study investigated the relationship between a student's commute length and the student's success, which was measured by their overall grade point average (GPA).…”

“…These might include for example "the development of more online course opportunities [that] may help these students succeed", as well as offer them more convenience. In essence, the commuting aspect of students' lives introduces the main theme that if being a commuter means fewer opportunities for skill development, then providing support online would be a possible option for giving those commuters more access to skill building activities (Nelson, Misra, Sype, & Mackie, 2016), and enforcing the idea that the traditional singular mode of learning followed by universities may not be the best suited to the pace and rhythms of life for commuter students.…”