Ashley Shanley
Literary Review 2
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Citation:
· Tinto, Vincent, and Anne Goodsell-Love.
"Building Community." Liberal Education 79.4 (1993): 16. MasterFILE
Elite. Web. 13 Oct. 2015.
Summary:
· In Vincent Tinto’s, Building Community, he
raises the question if commuting is reflected on a student’s academic
achievement. He uses a sample of first-year college students and compares
their experiences of college life. Being a commuter student is a hard
task, especially when wanting to be involved in student life. Tinto
states that for the commuter student, attending college is “but one of a number
of tasks to be completed during the course of a day.” Because the student does
not live on campus, they may have a job, home responsibilities, all on top of
schoolwork they must do to be successful. My question is whether or not
commuting does actually affect the academic achievement of college students. I
am curious to find out if sex plays a role in the life of a commuter student
and success. Males and females have different roles at home and at
school, which may become an interference with their school work.
Author:
·
Vincent Tinto, Anne Goodsell-Love
Key Terms:
·
Higher education, Commuting, First-Year College
Students
Quotes:
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“Groups that formed within the classroom often
extended beyond the classroom in the form of informal meetings and study
groups.”
·
“For the commuter student, attending college is
but one of a number of tasks to be completed during the course of a day. Yet
even within that reality collaborative learning works.”
Value:
·
This article shows how higher education is important
to college students. First-year students are actively involved in campus
activities in and out of the classroom.
Being a commuter may hinder that experience, however it is possible to
achieve.
This looks like a very good source. Glad you found something by Tinto on the topic. I would be curious about the gender differences, and I think there is research on that. I think it is especially true in the homes of certain ethnic groups or poorer populations, where commuting is actually much more common. I remember several years back reading an article specifically on Latino commuters that said that commuting and living at home is very good for boys, who are generally not given chores at home and who are very well supported and looked after by their families, but less good for girls, who often feel under the thumb of their parents and have a lot of household duties (especially looking after younger siblings and doing the typical household chores assigned to women if the mother works) which distract from college success. Commuting Latino females also have less chance of meeting college-educated suitors as their focus becomes more at home and in their home neighborhoods, where there are few college educated men.
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