Transcript ASU`s definition of COMMUTER Students

Beyond Lockers and
Lounges: Programs for
commuter and offcampus students
B.T.E.O.T.W.U.W.B.A.T.
 Definition
 Practice
based in theory
 Organizational structure
 Successful programs and services
 Revenue and self sustaining
 Additional resources
Poll Question #1
 At what type of institution are?
 Community College (most students live off campus)
 Community College (most students live on campus)
 4 Year Public Institution (most students live off campus)
 4 Year Public Institution (most students live on campus)
 4 Year Private Institution (most students live off campus)
 4 Year Private Institution (most students live on campus)
Poll Question #2
 How do you define “commuter” on your
campus?
 Any student not living in University owned housing, i.e. students
commuting from home and students living just off campus
 Students who commute from their families’ or their own home
 Students who have never lived on campus
 Only undergraduate students
 Both undergraduate and graduate students
 Just graduate students
 Other (write in)
WHO IS A COMMUTER ???
“Traditional Age” student living in family’s
home or off campus
 Transfer student
 Veteran student
 Adult learner
 Student with dependants
 Part time student
 Online learner (hybrid programs)

DEFINITIONS
“All students who do not live in
institution-owned housing.”
ASU’s definition of COMMUTER
Students
◦ A student who lives at their permanent address
◦ ALL Commuter Students are Off-Campus
students
Elliptical Orbit Model
– John Nonnamaker, Providence College, Rhode Island
Family
Professional
Development
Student
Campus Activities/
Student Organizations
Academics
Social Life/Work
Tinto (1993)- Model of
Institutional Departure
 To persist, students need integration
into:
 formal (academic performance) and
informal (faculty/staff interactions)
 academic systems
 (extracurricular activities) and informal
(peer-group interactions) social systems.
ASU’s OFFICE STRUCTURE
Off-Campus Housing
Services
Adult Learner Resources

Housing Guide

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On-line housing locator
service (ASU specific)
Individualized Success
Coaching

Connections to tutoring,
software training, and
academic workshops

Partner with Veteran
Services and Transfer
Center
◦
Roommate matching

Student Legal Services

Moving Up – Moving Out
◦ off-campus transition
presentations
ASU Family Resources
 Provide university families with
resources
 Manage Child Care Center on
campus
 Advocate for students with
dependants
Community Outreach &
Partnerships
 Expand family responsive policies
 City partnerships
 Safety Forums with campus and
city police
 Off-Campus Housing Fairs
 Community Service events
 Community Mentoring program
 Behavior adjudication
 Restorative Justice model
One of the challenges for a
commuter student is finding a
place on campus where they
belong and can have substantive
interactions with other
students.
◦ Orlando in Jacoby, 2000
ENGAGEMENT
 How do I provide students with the resources,
services and support so that they can be engaged?
 How do I connect and engage our commuters
with faculty, staff and students?
 How do I provide transformative and seamless
learning opportunities?
 How do I show off-campus & commuter students
they matter on this campus?
 How can I translate what is happening in the
Residence Halls for commuter students?
 Especially for first year students
PEER MENTORS
“Close working relationships with
other students not only provide
emotional support but also
powerfully strengthen educational
gains from the formal curriculum.”
 Chickering in Jacoby, 2000, p. 23
Community Liaisons
Community Mentoring

Collaborative effort

Provides students the
within the Be A Good Neighbor
opportunity for career
properties

A student position embedded
exploration/development
◦ Engage & connect students

Shadowing a city officials
together through events,

Designed to strengthen and
programs, & services
broaden the Town Gown

◦ Assist in building stronger,
relationship
cooperative communities and
Enhance academic retention
help to improve the quality of
efforts
life in the community
Moving from Programming to
an Engagement Model

Willy Wonka’s Elevator
◦ Tie the Change to Strategic Plans
◦ Re-emphasize the importance of the work we
are doing
◦ Work to develop a more encompassing peer
mentorship model
◦ Explore ways to increase
student access and
utilization of current programs
on campus
Advocating for Your Students
Student Government Representatives
 Educating colleagues about the commuter
experience
 Involving and educating parents and family
members about their student’s collegiate
experience
 Using assessment data to demonstrate need
 Going beyond the silo
 Looking beyond institutional image

Advocating for Resources

Involving Key Stakeholders
◦ Off-campus partnerships – neighborhoods, cities
◦ On-campus partnerships – Parents Association
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Funding
◦ Potential obstacles in getting started
 Student fees
 Student Government
 Operating Budgets
◦ Partnerships for start-up funds
 Student Government
 Town/Gown relationships
 VP of Student Affairs
 Development Office
Financial Resources – Creating
Revenue Streams

ASU’s Be A Good Neighbor program
◦ Multiple tiers/levels to ‘buy in’
 Fee for service concept
 Adjust each year
 ROI
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Housing Fairs
◦ Pay to participate
 Different price points for vender categories
QUESTIONS ???
National Resources

ACPA Commission for Commuter
Students and Adult Learners
http://www.myacpa.org/comm/commuter/

National Clearinghouse for Commuter
Programs
http://nccp.nsuok.edu/

International Town-Gown Network
http://towngown.colostate.edu/faq.asp
THANK YOU!
Amy Golden
Director for Strategic Initiatives
Arizona State University
[email protected]
(480) 965-7661
Off-Campus & Commuter Student Services
http://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/reslife/occss