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Author: Jamia Wiley Stokes Publisher: ISBN: Category : Belonging (Social psychology) Languages : en Pages : 126
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It has been suggested that low-income, students of color, and first-generation students face major impediments to feeling like they belong on campus (Ostrove & Long, 2007). Because first-generation students come to college with a myriad of challenges that directly impact their first-year experience, understanding how best to support this population is a crucial responsibility. Sense of belonging has been shown to be related to academic achievement, retention, and persistence to degree completion for students from historically marginalized groups (Hurtado & Carter, 1997; Rhee, 2008; Strayhorn, 2008d; Walton & Cohen, 2011). The purpose of this study was to understand how first-generation students achieve a sense of belonging in the first-year of college and how their sense of belonging contributes to their persistence. The following research questions guided the study: 1) How do first-generation students achieve a sense of belonging; 2) How did their sense of belonging affect their persistence from the first to second year? Interviews were conducted with 12 first-generation students who completed their first year of college during the 2015-2016 academic year. Data were analyzed using an ongoing process that began with reviewing and coding each interview and consolidating codes recursively within and across interviews to derive the themes that addressed the research questions (Anfara, Brown, & Mangione, 2002; Corbin & Strauss, 1990). Three themes described how students tried to achieve a sense of belonging in the first year of college: (a) by building relationships with other students, faculty and staff, (2) by getting involved in activities on campus, and (3) by becoming engaged in the residence hall experience. Not all participants developed a sense of belonging, nevertheless they all persisted from the first to second year. The majority of participants (7) attributed their persistence to having achieved a sense of belonging. Four of the remaining participants, none of whom reported having achieved a sense of belonging, attributed their persistence to personal reasons and motivations; and one, who achieved a sense of belonging, felt it played no part in her persistence.
Author: Jamia Wiley Stokes Publisher: ISBN: Category : Belonging (Social psychology) Languages : en Pages : 126
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It has been suggested that low-income, students of color, and first-generation students face major impediments to feeling like they belong on campus (Ostrove & Long, 2007). Because first-generation students come to college with a myriad of challenges that directly impact their first-year experience, understanding how best to support this population is a crucial responsibility. Sense of belonging has been shown to be related to academic achievement, retention, and persistence to degree completion for students from historically marginalized groups (Hurtado & Carter, 1997; Rhee, 2008; Strayhorn, 2008d; Walton & Cohen, 2011). The purpose of this study was to understand how first-generation students achieve a sense of belonging in the first-year of college and how their sense of belonging contributes to their persistence. The following research questions guided the study: 1) How do first-generation students achieve a sense of belonging; 2) How did their sense of belonging affect their persistence from the first to second year? Interviews were conducted with 12 first-generation students who completed their first year of college during the 2015-2016 academic year. Data were analyzed using an ongoing process that began with reviewing and coding each interview and consolidating codes recursively within and across interviews to derive the themes that addressed the research questions (Anfara, Brown, & Mangione, 2002; Corbin & Strauss, 1990). Three themes described how students tried to achieve a sense of belonging in the first year of college: (a) by building relationships with other students, faculty and staff, (2) by getting involved in activities on campus, and (3) by becoming engaged in the residence hall experience. Not all participants developed a sense of belonging, nevertheless they all persisted from the first to second year. The majority of participants (7) attributed their persistence to having achieved a sense of belonging. Four of the remaining participants, none of whom reported having achieved a sense of belonging, attributed their persistence to personal reasons and motivations; and one, who achieved a sense of belonging, felt it played no part in her persistence.
Author: Terrell L. Strayhorn Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1315297272 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 224
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This book explores how belonging differs based on students’ social identities, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, or the conditions they encounter on campus. Belonging—with peers, in the classroom, or on campus—is a critical dimension of success at college. It can affect a student’s degree of academic adjustment, achievement, aspirations, or even whether a student stays in school. The 2nd Edition of College Students’ Sense of Belonging explores student sub-populations and campus environments, offering readers updated information about sense of belonging, how it develops for students, and a conceptual model for helping students belong and thrive. Underpinned by theory and research and offering practical guidelines for improving educational environments and policies, this book is an important resource for higher education and student affairs professionals, scholars, and graduate students interested in students’ success. New to this second edition: A refined theory of college students’ sense of belonging and review of current literature in light of new and emerging theories; Expanded best practices related to fostering sense of belonging in classrooms, clubs, residence halls, and other contexts; Updated research and insights for new student populations such as youth formerly in foster care, formerly incarcerated adults, and homeless students; Coverage on a broad range of topics since the first edition of this book, including cultural navigation, academic spotting, and the "shared faith" element of belonging.
Author: Sarah H. Bang Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 104
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The first-generation student population continues to grow and yet they are still one of the most high-risk populations for college non-persistence. A promising intervention with research-based potential for combating first-generation drop-out rates in college is university-assisted schools. This study examines what first-generation students who attended a university-assisted high school say helped them persist through college. It also investigates potential ways that university-assisted high schools can better support first-generation students to persist in college. Utilizing a qualitative research design, participants were interviewed and their perceptions of experiences were coded and analyzed. This study's findings point to first-generation students from a university-assisted school creating and relying on networks to persist in college. These networks filled areas that first-generation students generally tend to lack: sense of belonging and social and cultural capital. This study also found that the traditional "deficit" model used to support first-generation students needs reframing and rethinking to change the way high schools and institutes of higher education approach supports for first-generation students.
Author: Erin Bentrim Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1000980375 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 311
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Sense of belonging refers to the extent a student feels included, accepted, valued, and supported on their campus. The developmental process of belonging is interwoven with the social identity development of diverse college students. Moreover, belonging is influenced by the campus environment, relationships, and involvement opportunities as well as a need to master the student role and achieve academic success. Although the construct of sense of belonging is complex and multilayered, a consistent theme across the chapters in this book is that the relationship between sense of belonging and intersectionality of identity cannot be ignored, and must be integrated into any approach to fostering belonging.Over the last 10 years, colleges and universities have started grappling with the notion that their approaches to maintaining and increasing student retention, persistence, and graduation rates were no longer working. As focus shifted to uncovering barriers to student success while concurrently recognizing student success as more than solely academic factors, the term “student sense of belonging” gained traction in both academic and co-curricular settings. The editors noticed the lack of a consistent definition, or an overarching theoretical approach, as well as a struggle to connect disparate research. A compendium of research, applications, and approaches to sense of belonging did not exist, so they brought this book into being to serve as a single point of reference in an emerging and promising field of study.
Author: Frances Contreras Publisher: Teachers College Press ISBN: 080775210X Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 209
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Despite their numbers, Latinos continue to lack full and equal participation in all facets of American life, including education. This book provides a critical discussion of the role that select K–12 educational policies have and continue to play in failing Latino students. The author draws upon institutional, national, and statewide data sets, as well as interviews among students, teachers, and college administrators, to explore the role that public policies play in educating Latino students. The book concludes with specific recommendations that aim to raise achievement, college transition rates, and success among Latino students across the preschool through college continuum. Chapters cover high dropout rates, access to college-preparation resources, testing and accountability, financial aid, the Dream Act, and affirmative action.
Author: Lee Ward Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118233956 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 180
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FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS "...a concise, manageable, lucid summary of the best scholarship, practices, and future-oriented thinking about how to effectively recruit, educate, develop, retain, and ultimately graduate first-generation students." from the foreword by JOHN N. GARDNER First-generation students are frequently marginalized on their campuses, treated with benign disregard, and placed at a competitive disadvantage because of their invisibility. While they include 51% of all undergraduates, or approximately 9.3 million students, they are less likely than their peers to earn degrees. Among students enrolled in two-year institutions, they are significantly less likely to persist into a second year. First-Generation College Students offers academic leaders and student affairs professionals a guide for understanding the special challenges and common barriers these students face and provides the necessary strategies for helping them transition through and graduate from their chosen institutions. Based in solid research, the authors describe best practices and include suggestions and techniques that can help leaders design and implement effective curricula, out-of-class learning experiences, and student support services, as well as develop strategic plans that address issues sure to arise in the future. The authors offer an analysis of first-generation student expectations for college life and academics and examine the powerful role cultural capital plays in shaping their experiences and socialization. Providing a template for other campuses, the book highlights programmatic initiatives at colleges around the county that effectively serve first-generation students and create a powerful learning environment for their success. First-Generation College Students provides a much-needed portrait of the cognitive, developmental, and social factors that affect the college-going experiences and retention rates of this growing population of college students.
Author: Tammy Shannon Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Adult, first-generation college students' perceived sense of belonging is the subject of this dissertation. Academic literature supports that sense of belonging plays a key role in persistence to graduation amongst traditional-age college students. Tinto, in his book, Completing College: Rethinking Institutional Action (2012), is quoted in his section on involvement, meaning and the sense of belonging: "Involvements, academic or social, do not occur in a vacuum. They take place within specific social and cultural settings and among individuals whose values give them meaning" (p. 66). The need to better understand sense of belonging in adult, first generation undergraduates was first revealed in my role as academic adviser through direct contact and dialogue with these students. This, along with my own history as a non-traditional, first-generation college graduate led to insights, researching of the literature, a pilot study, and the completion of this dissertation. The results are particularly poignant because they look at sense of belonging during a worldwide pandemic with interviews done in the summer of 2021. The adult, first-generation college student perceptions of belonging generated a view slightly different from that of their traditional aged peers. Data analysis produced a grounded theory model: Sense of Belonging: Connections through Communities of Practice. The grounded theory produced a snapshot of a population of students as they navigated the university. Studying during the pandemic created an opportunity to discuss nuances of belonging in different environments and what that might look like for students moving forward. It is the goal and objective of this dissertation to better understand sense of belonging in adult, first-generation undergraduates and how that contributes to academic persistence. One value of this study is learning how adult first-generation undergraduates connect, find community, and develop a sense of belonging. The second value is an historical glimpse of this population's views during a worldwide pandemic. The third is the study's model which frames the data into an understanding of how participants communicated their sense of belonging and connection. The model provides administrators, faculty, and those interested in first-generation student success a useful set of implications and recommendations for policy and practice. Opportunity for further discussion, and future research is also present. Adult, first-generation undergraduate students are trailblazers; reading their perspectives on sense of belonging, and proposed ways for support and connection at the university, may offer insights and fresh ideas to the general reader and researcher alike.
Author: Samantha A. Martens Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 99
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Involvement on a college campus can lead to students’ persistence through graduation (Tinto, 1993). Student attrition can be in an issue at institutions and Tinto (2012) states, “For four-year colleges and universities, whether public or private, 38% of those who leave will do so in their first year, and 29% in their second year” (p. 3). All students come to college with different backgrounds, experiences, and identities that impact their intentions on departing from their institutions (Tinto, 1975). One of these characteristics is first-generation student status. This quantitative study explored the experiences of first-generation and non-first-generation students by analyzing their sense of belonging to their membership in Greek lettered organizations and at their institution. Participants were from three different Midwestern institutions. To answer the research questions, a t-test was conducted to see if there is a difference between first-generation and non-first-generation students’ sense of belonging to their chapter and institution. To find out if a relationship exists between the sense of belonging to students’ chapter and to their institution a Pearson’s correlation was completed. Lastly, a Fisher’s Z-transformation test was conducted to see if the relationship between the students’ sense of belonging to their chapter and to their institution is different for first-generation and non-first-generation students. The findings indicate that there is no statistical significant difference of sense of belonging to chapter and institution for first-generation and non-first-generation students. A relationship does exist between the sense of belonging to chapter and to the institution. The relationship for sense of belonging to chapter and institution is different for first-generation and non-first-generation students in that first-generation students do not have a significant correlation with a relationship between chapter and institution sense of belonging. Recommendations from the findings of this study are presented for higher education administrators who support first-generation students and fraternity and sorority life advisors. Areas of future research are also provided in this study.
Author: Jamia Wiley Stokes
Author: Jamia Wiley Stokes
Author: Terrell L. Strayhorn
Author: Sarah H. Bang
Author: Erin Bentrim
Author: Frances Contreras
Author: Lee Ward
Author: Tammy Shannon
Author: Anne-Marie Nuñez
Author: Samantha A. Martens
Author: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot