Beyond Lockers and Lounges: Programs for commuter and off-campus students

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Beyond Lockers and Lounges Programs for commuter
and off-campus students

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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

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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)

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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)

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Who is a Commuter ???

• Traditional Age student living in familys home
  or off campus
• Transfer student
• Veteran student
• Adult learner
• Student with dependants
• Part time student
• Online learner (hybrid programs)

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DEFINITIONS

• All students who do not live in
  institution-owned housing.
• ASUs definition of COMMUTER Students
• A student who lives at their permanent address
• ALL Commuter Students are Off-Campus students

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Elliptical Orbit Model John Nonnamaker,
Providence College, Rhode Island
Family

Professional Development
Student
Campus Activities/ Student Organizations
Academics
Social Life/Work
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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.

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ASUs OFFICE STRUCTURE

• Off-Campus Housing Services

• Adult Learner Resources

• Housing Guide
• On-line housing locator service (ASU specific)
• Roommate matching
• Student Legal Services
• Moving Up Moving Out
• off-campus transition presentations

• Individualized Success Coaching
• Connections to tutoring, software training, and
  academic workshops
• Partner with Veteran Services and Transfer Center

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• ASU Family Resources

• Provide university families with resources
• Manage Child Care Center on campus
• Advocate for students with dependants
• Expand family responsive policies

• Community Outreach Partnerships

• City partnerships
• Safety Forums with campus and city police
• Off-Campus Housing Fairs
• Community Service events
• Community Mentoring program
• Behavior adjudication
• Restorative Justice model

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• 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

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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

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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

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• Community Liaisons

• Community Mentoring

• Collaborative effort
• Provides students the opportunity for career
  exploration/development
• Shadowing a city officials
• Designed to strengthen and broaden the Town Gown
  relationship
• Enhance academic retention efforts

• A student position embedded within the Be A Good
  Neighbor properties
• Engage connect students together through
  events, programs, services
• Assist in building stronger, cooperative
  communities and help to improve the quality of
  life in the community

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Moving from Programming to an Engagement Model

• Willy Wonkas 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

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Advocating for Your Students

• Student Government Representatives
• Educating colleagues about the commuter
  experience
• Involving and educating parents and family
  members about their students collegiate
  experience
• Using assessment data to demonstrate need
• Going beyond the silo
• Looking beyond institutional image

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Advocating for Resources

• Involving Key Stakeholders
• Off-campus partnerships neighborhoods, cities
• On-campus partnerships Parents Association
• 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

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Financial Resources Creating Revenue Streams

• ASUs Be A Good Neighbor program
• Multiple tiers/levels to buy in
• Fee for service concept
• Adjust each year
• ROI
• Housing Fairs
• Pay to participate
• Different price points for vender categories

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QUESTIONS ???
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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

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THANK YOU!

• Amy Golden
• Director for Strategic Initiatives
• Arizona State University
• amy.golden_at_asu.edu
• [phone]
• Off-Campus Commuter Student Services
• http//www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/reslife/occss