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2017

Rowan University

Mattering

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Commuter Student And Residential Student Mattering In An Honors Concentration, Jamie Marie Cattell Dec 2017

Commuter Student And Residential Student Mattering In An Honors Concentration, Jamie Marie Cattell

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The purpose of this study was to determine the sense of mattering in the Bantivoglio Honors Concentration at Rowan University. A secondary purpose was to use this population to compare feelings of mattering between residential and commuting students. The subjects of this study were 240 Rowan University students who were enrolled in an undergraduate program as well as the Bantivoglio Honors Concentration during the spring semester of 2017. Data were collected using a variation of the College Mattering Inventory (Tovar et al., 2009), which contains 29 Likert scale statements consisting of six subscales that sought to determine students' attitudes toward …


Yo Importo: The Latina/O Students' Experience At Rowan University, Alma Diaz Jul 2017

Yo Importo: The Latina/O Students' Experience At Rowan University, Alma Diaz

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether Latino/a students at Rowan University felt as though they mattered. The subjects in this study consisted of undergraduate, full-time and part-time students at Rowan University enrolled during the 2014 Spring semester. Data were collected using the College Mattering Inventory, which consisted of 29 Likert scale items. The findings of this study revealed that Latina/o students at Rowan University generally have positive attitudes toward mattering in the subscales. Latina/o students at Rowan University reported the lowest levels of mattering in the general college mattering sub-scale and the Mattering to Students sub-scale. Overall …