Building Community at Baruch: Step 3
It’s important to find a balance between giving the students freedom to foster their own communities and creating policies for their safety.
http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1875/Commuter-Students.html
It’s often very difficult for commuter students to have a fulfilling college experience.
http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/20/is-your-cell-phone-making-you-a-jerk/
While technology can allow us to make connections, it can also deter our ability to do so.
One way we can foster communities is to give our students the confidence to reach out to each other.
Baruch is a very large school in the middle of a very large city; it can sometimes be to difficult to retain your sense of self in the crowd.