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College Students' Sense of Belonging: A Key to Educational Success for All Students
Author(s): Terrell L. Strayhorn (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 15 July 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415895049
- ISBN-13: 9780415895040
Book Description
Belonging – with peers, in the classroom, or on campus – is a crucial part of the college experience. It can affect a student’s degree of academic achievement, or even whether they stay in school. Although much is known about the causes and impact of sense of belonging in students, little is known about how belonging differs based on students’ social identities, such as race, gender, or sexual orientation, or the conditions they encounter on campus.
College Students’ Sense of Belonging addresses these student sub-populations and campus environments. It offers readers practical guidelines, underpinned by theory and research, for helping students belong and thrive. Sense of belonging can come from peers, teachers or faculty, family members, social and academic groups, and living and learning environments. The book offers:
- a review and critique of current literature on sense of belonging in light of new and emerging theory
- a new conceptual model of belonging which helps the reader expand an understanding of sense of belonging
- new and recent research findings from quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies conducted by the author
- practical recommendations for improving educational environments, practices, policies, and programs to facilitate students’ sense of belonging on campus.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This important book by one of the world’s leading experts on the subject, Professor Terrell Strayhorn, speaks to that predicament and the lived experiences of college students from a multitude of different backgrounds who share the common challenge of finding ways to ‘fit in,’ to matter, and to belong.”
―from the Foreword by Walter R. Allen, Distinguished Professor of Education, Sociology and African American Studies, University of California-Los Angeles
Praise from the 1st Edition
“Everyone agrees that feeling affirmed is important to success in college and now, finally, we have a systematic, data-informed, and instructive explanation as to why. Faculty, staff, and others who work with students from different backgrounds have much to learn from this thoughtful analysis.”
― George D. Kuh, Founding Director of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment and Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Higher Education, Indiana University, Bloomington
“Strayhorn paints a rich picture of how various groups of students develop a sense of belonging. By creating a greater understanding of this phenomenon, this book provides insight into the institutional practices that will improve college students’ experiences and outcomes.”
― Laura W. Perna, James S. Riepe Professor and Executive Director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy, University of Pennsylvania
About the Author
Terrell L. Strayhorn is Professor of Higher Education and Senior Research Associate at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity at The Ohio State University, USA.
