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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"student belonging"”.
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Student Belonging in Teaching Assistant Interactions and Course Policies in Post-Secondary Computer Science
All students studying Computer Science (CS) deserve to have their basic psychological need for belonging satisfied. In this dissertation, I present two studies of belonging among CS students at the University of Washington Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. In the first …
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Wiyuskinyan Unpi Tipi (where they live contently): a study on Native student belonging at the University of South Dakota
… of Living Learning Communities (LLCs) on Native student sense of belonging is examined and the following research question addressed: How does participation in Wiyuskinyan Unpi Tipi Living Learning Community shape Native students’ sense of belonging at the University of South Dakota (USD)? There …
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Creating a Culture of Belonging: The Significance of Student Belonging and the Ethical Frameworks That Influence High School Leaders as They Sustain and Enhance Cultures of Belonging
… was conducted using the High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE) as the means for establishing schools that, according to the HSSSE, had strong cultures of belonging. From these quantitative results, four building principals were selected to participate in a semi-structured interview …
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High School Students Sense of Belonging: Why Do Some Students Have a Higher Sense of Belonging Than Others?
This study investigated student belonging in high school. High school is a time in which students participate in academic and non-academic activities at school and develop a sense of belonging with friends, relationships with teachers and coaches, and value academic outcomes. This quantitative …
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“My Stomach Churns”: Belonging and Strategies for Belonging for BME Students in a White University
Student engagement and more recently belonging are concepts that have been used to explain awarding gaps for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) students. However, Trowler (2010) asserts that much of the student engagement literature is essentialist in nature and treats minority groups as homogeneous. …
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“My Stomach Churns”: Belonging and Strategies for Belonging for BME Students in a White University
Student engagement and more recently belonging are concepts that have been used to explain awarding gaps for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) students. However, Trowler (2010) asserts that much of the student engagement literature is essentialist in nature and treats minority groups as homogeneous. …
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Invited to the feast?: Problems of hospitality, coloniality and identity in the music classroom
… to understand the complicated interactions of student, teacher, curriculum and curricular objects in one junior music classroom in Ontario. This work was taken up under Derridas call for cities of refuge in On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness while mindful of the ways in which colonial …
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My Choice, My Fraternity, and My Engagement: Experiences of White Men in Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLO)
… framework and research of Alexander Astin’s Student Engagement Theory, with support from Critical Race Theory and Terrell Strayhorn’s work on Sense of Student Belonging, utilizes a methodological case-study approach with multiple units of analysis. In an effort to understand the choice, …
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Using grounded theory to understand how commuter students develop a sense of belonging
… study is concerned with the fact that commuter students persist at a lower rate than their residential peers. As colleges and universities seek to increase educational attainment rates, understanding why commuter students struggle with retention is important. Research shows sense of belonging …
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Being a ‘model’ student: the impact of affective influences on full-time undergraduate student behaviours and practices in the current Higher Education context in England
… research explores how full-time undergraduate students’ (FTUG) behaviours can be theorised in terms of the State’s biopolitical influence and distribution of power amongst constantly evolving actors within English Higher Education. Findings demonstrate how this framing enables a timely and …
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Understanding the Relationship Between Undergraduate Students’ On-Campus Employment Status and Their Reported Sense of Belonging to the Campus Community Post the COVID-19 Pandemic
<p>Belonging has been studied for decades with many researchers concluding that humans have an inherent need to belong. Although each person’s level of need to belong differs, it is a deeply rooted human motivation that impacts a person’s feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Individuals develop a …
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Don't Take It Personally: An Exploration of Student Perceptions of Interpersonal Relationships In School Settings
… leaders on the ways struggling high school students perceive their interpersonal experiences in school settings. Through this qualitative investigation, the researcher sought to provide insights into how these experiences affect marginalized students' academic achievement and social …
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Underrepresented Students at Highly Selective Universities: Are Institutions Supporting Students’ Aspirations?
… society. For the last century underrepresented students have been systematically excluded from these institution, resulting in social reproduction (Karabel, 2006; Bastedo & Jaquette, 2011; Giancola & Kahlenberg, 2016). With new “no-loan” policies attracting students with financial need, the …
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A Praxis of Transformative Care: Centering Historically Resilient Students at a PWI
<p>Campus cultural centers frequently treat student resilience as an individual struggle rather than a collective responsibility, obscuring systemic failures. At a predominantly white institution (PWI), historically resilient students, those from diverse backgrounds who have historically endured …
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If love were to guide us: the story of Fred Hampton High School’s quest for building bridges of belonging for Black students
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms