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Freshman Year Living Arrangements And College Experiences For Local Students, Sara E. Sanchez
Freshman Year Living Arrangements And College Experiences For Local Students, Sara E. Sanchez
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to investigate and compare the freshman-year college experiences of University of Nebraska-Lincoln students based on whether they lived in a residence hall or at home with their parent(s) or guardian(s) their freshman year. Specifically, the study’s participants were students with permanent addresses of Lincoln, Nebraska; this group was selected in order to focus on the lived experiences of students who had the option between remaining to live at home or moving onto campus for their freshman year. This is not an option for all incoming UNL freshman as there is a first-year live-on …