College Students' Sense of Belonging: A Key to Educational Success for All Students

By T. Strayhorn. 2012

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A Critical Quantitative Analysis of Students’ Sense of Belonging: Perspectives on Race, Generation Status, and Collegiate Environments (2020, background): “To begin, a large body of scholarship has revealed how various racial groups report their belongingness on college campuses (e.g., Hausmann et al., 2007; Hurtado & Carter, 1997; Johnson et al., 2007; Museus & Maramba, 2011; Samura, 2016; Strayhorn, 2019).”
Faculty as Sources of Support for LGBTQ College Students (2016, background): “A positive campus climate can foster a sense of belonging among many marginalized student populations (Strayhorn 2012) and has been known to promote persistence, which is a desired outcome of postsecondary education.”
Development of a Sense of Belonging for Privileged and Minoritized Students: An Emergent Model (2016, background): “Strayhorn (2012) explained how belonging is the “degree to which an individual feels respected, valued, accepted, and needed by a defined group” (p. 87).”
School Belonging: The Importance of Student and Teacher Relationships (2021, background): “Existing studies and theoretical models consistently include belonging as an integral construct in understanding university student retention and academic performance (e.g., Strayhorn, 2018; Tinto, 1987).”
What Role Does Grit Play in the Academic Success of Black Male Collegians at Predominantly White Institutions? (2014, background): “…prevailing ethos that either affirm Black male collegians’ sense of belonging, facilitate their involvement in the academic and social life of campus, or marginalize them in ways that deny access to supportive networks that are critical for their success (e.g., Flowers 2002, 2003; Strayhorn 2012).”
The Role of Family Support in Facilitating Academic Success of Low-Income Students (2018, neutral): “Ostrove and Long (2007) reported that class background shapes a sense of who belongs on campus and impacts students’ college experiences and academic performance (see also Strayhorn 2012).”
Sense of Peer Belonging and Institutional Acceptance in the First Year: The Role of High-Impact Practices (2017, background): “Additionally, Hurtado and Carter’s (1997) model of sense of belonging among Latino students as well as the subsequent studies that corroborated their research (Hausmann et al., 2007; Hoffman et al., 2002; Johnson et al., 2007; Maestas et al., 2007; Ostrove & Long, 2007; Strayhorn, 2012) informed th”
Support, belonging, motivation, and engagement in the college classroom: a mixed method study (2014, background): “Though support and belonging are important for college student retention and success, research to date primarily has focused on campus community belonging (Strayhorn 2012), leaving questions about the ways in which college student perceptions of classroom support and belonging might play a role in a”
An Exploration Into the Importance of a Sense of Belonging for Online Learners (2020, background): “It has been widely confirmed that campus-based learners value having a sense of belonging, with feelings of being cared and mattering to one or more people in a group who in turn matter to them, although perhaps for different reasons (Strayhorn, 2012).”
Finding My Way: Perceptions of Institutional Support and Belonging in Low-Income, First-Generation, First-Year College Students (2017, background): “Race and ethnicity shape experiences related to belonging in higher education (Strayhorn, 2012); for example, Students of Color in their first year of college reported a lower sense of belonging than White students (Johnson et al., 2007).”
Teaching and Learning in the Time of COVID: The Student Perspective (2021, background): “There is also research evidence (Freeman et al., 2014; Strayhorn, 2012; Winkelmes et al., 2016) that some of these course experiences, such as sense of belonging and clarity around course expectations, are especially consequential for minoritized groups (students from low-income backgrounds,…”
Sense of Belonging and Self-Regulated Learning: Testing Achievement Goals as Mediators (2018, background): “For example, the focus of research has been on students of color (Hausmann et al., 2007; Hurtado & Carter, 1997; Johnson et al., 2007; Strayhorn, 2012; Walton & Cohen, 2007); female students in science, technology, engineering, or math fields (Good, Rattan, & Dweck, 2012; Smith, Lewis, Hawthorne, & ”
A Sense of Belonging Among College Students With Disabilities: An Emergent Theoretical Model (2015, background): “Strayhorn (2012) suggested a “sense of belonging may be particularly significant for students who are marginalized in college contexts” (p. 17).”
How Emotion Matters in Four Key Relationships in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2016, background): “In creating the conditions for students to thrive in higher education, we must also attend to the opportunities students have for forging meaningful friendships and building a sense of belonging in a new community (Strayhorn 2012).”
Uneven Experiences: The Impact of Student-Faculty Interactions on International Students' Sense of Belonging. (2015, background): “Belonging, as a theoretical framework, has been employed in studies of diverse student populations, including first generation, Latino students, and LGBT students (Strayhorn, 2012).”