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This study examines part-time students' perceptions of collaborative community in a graduate, multidisciplinary, education department where courses are offered on multiple campuses. Perceptions of community are synonymous with friendship, involvement, cohesion, communication, and trust. These feelings are affected more by campus location, program area, and credits earned than by age, race or sex. The knowledge students gain fuels the trust, communication, and cohesiveness that in turn, facilitate the collaborative process. Students value this as part of their professionalization process, desire opportunities to build relationships with one another outside the classroom, and suggest ways to facilitate community.
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Twale, D.J., Schaller, M.A., Hunley, S.A. et al. Creating Collaborative Community in Multidisciplinary Settings. Innovative Higher Education 27, 113–128 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021157326823
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