College belonging : how first-year and first-generation students navigate campus life

College belonging : how first-year and first-generation students navigate campus life / Lisa M. Nunn.

"College Belonging reveals how colleges' and universities' efforts to foster a sense of belonging in their students are misguided. Colleges bombard new students with the message to "get out there!" and "find your place" by joining student organizations, sports team...

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Main Author: Nunn, Lisa M., 1975- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2021.
Series:Critical issues in American education (Rutgers University Press)
Subjects:
College freshmen > United States.
First-generation college students > United States.
Belonging (Social psychology)
College environment > United States.
College student orientation > United States.
Teacher-student relationships > United States.
EDUCATION > General.
College environment
College freshmen
College student orientation
First-generation college students
Teacher-student relationships
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Social belonging vs. campus-community belonging
  • Campus community belonging and organizational structures
  • Academic competence and academic belonging
  • The academic community and academic belonging
  • Ethnoracial diversity and belonging
  • "Nice" diversity
  • Recommendations for campuses
  • Theoretical appendix: Durkheim and belonging
  • Methodological appendix.

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