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Investigating “Sense of Belonging” in First-Year College Students
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In this paper, an empirical measure of "sense of belonging" was developed to evaluate the effectiveness of retention programs on their campuses, design more effective intervention strategies, and identify students at risk for departure.Abstract:
A great deal of emphasis in higher education is centered on questions such as, “Why do students leave college and how can we get them to stay?” Although researchers have pointed to the import of “sense of belonging” in departure decisions, a measure of students' subjective sense of affiliation and identification with the university community has not been developed. The following is an empirical measure of “sense of belonging” which sheds light on factors that contribute to retention. Gaining greater clarity regarding factors important to the development of “sense of belonging” can help institutional policy planners evaluate the effectiveness of retention programs on their campuses, design more effective intervention strategies, and identify students at risk for departure.read more
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Examining Sense of Belonging Among First-Year Undergraduates From Different Racial/Ethnic Groups
Dawn R. Johnson,Matthew Soldner,Jeannie Brown Leonard,Patty Alvarez,Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas,Heather T. Rowan-Kenyon,Susan D. Longerbeam +6 more
TL;DR: This paper found that African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian Pacific American students reported a less strong sense of belonging than White/Caucasian students, and the social dimensions of the transition to college and residence hall climate and perceptions of the campus racial climate had strong significant relationships to students' sense of feeling of belonging.
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University Belonging, Friendship Quality, and Psychological Adjustment During the Transition to College
Laura D. Pittman,Adeya Richmond +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors collected questionnaire data from college students (N = 79) at two time points during their freshman year to examine how changes in a sense of university belonging, quality of friendships, and psychological adjustment were associated.
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Extending notions of campus climate and diversity to students' transition to college
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Getting Under the Hood: How and for Whom Does Increasing Course Structure Work?
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