Long commutes make students more likely to drop out

Is it possible to have a link to the published study added please?

I can honestly say I dropped out of Brighton University because I had to travel for two hours there and back on the train. At the time - admittedly over ten years ago - I couldn't live in halls as I lived 'too close' and I felt completely isolated and missed out on student life. I was constantly late due to rail works and in the end couldn't face walking in to the lecture hall and being called out for my lateness. I ended up leaving and reapply to a midlands university where I was able to live in halls and close to campus. Long student commutes should not be underestimated!

This isn't surprising as it fits with the more general impact of longer commuting see Stutzer, A and Frey, B.S. (2008) Stress that Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 110 (2) pp339-366 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00542.x and the more recent ONS study reported in The Guardian here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/feb/12/how-does-commuting-affect-wellbeing On the plus side it shows that cycling for 30+ minutes is good, which I do each day each way!

And if students and universities were really interested in the climate instead of preaching to others, they will live locally to their universities so they can walk. That goes for the staff as well. Or is the university industry's use of the word climate merely an advertising tool, aimed at vulnerable young people not yet able to sort out the concept of hypocrisy, in which case the advertising watch dog must become involved.

Many mature students undertake long commutes because their families are settled elsewhere from where they choose to study. So do members of staff whose partners may be working, and offspring studying, far from where they get a position. As for London students, EVERYONE in London has to cope with poor travelling conditions. It would be better to look at student commuters elsewhere in the country, where living near your university is at least feasible (apart from the factors mentioned above).

Strange and not very convincing conclusions. "a significant predictor of continuation at three institutions". What about the other 3 Universities in the study? If the answer to the investigation is only true half the time, how much weight can you put on the conclusions. The increase in drop out rates seems very small. A sample size of 38 students is very low. Assuming that was around 6 students per location I would be reluctant to claim there was any meaniningful conclusions at all. The report seems to me to have been a complete waste of time and money.