ABSTRACT
Student engagement happens in educational contexts. These contexts are important, because they shape the possibilities, limits and patterns of engagement. While the educational fundamentals remain the same, learning at a large commuter institution is likely to look different to learning in a small liberal arts college, and these are likely to differ again depending on whether each campus has a metropolitan or rural location. Conversations about student engagement cannot ignore context, or the systems and dynamics which shape the environments in which students learn.
