Start Date
8-2-2024 1:45 PM
End Date
8-2-2024 2:45 PM
Document Type
Presentation
Description
First-generation college students are the first in their families to pursue higher education degrees, and as such are piloting new undertakings in many respects. Research on a sense of belonging has demonstrated that higher rates of belonging are correlated with greater academic success and graduation outcomes (Gopalan & Brady, 2020). Estimates display first-generation college students, make up around a quarter to one third of total enrollment in post-secondary institutions in the United States, however graduate at a significantly lower rate than the national average. And first-generation college students are a particularly vulnerable population and have been found to have several traits that characterize them as an at-risk population in higher education (Ishitani, 2006). This workshop will examine the research of sense of belonging as it relates to first generation college students and explore the implications and recommendations to increase sense of belonging and ultimately promote persistence, college degree completion and overall well-being.
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Creating Community: First-Gen Sense of Belonging
First-generation college students are the first in their families to pursue higher education degrees, and as such are piloting new undertakings in many respects. Research on a sense of belonging has demonstrated that higher rates of belonging are correlated with greater academic success and graduation outcomes (Gopalan & Brady, 2020). Estimates display first-generation college students, make up around a quarter to one third of total enrollment in post-secondary institutions in the United States, however graduate at a significantly lower rate than the national average. And first-generation college students are a particularly vulnerable population and have been found to have several traits that characterize them as an at-risk population in higher education (Ishitani, 2006). This workshop will examine the research of sense of belonging as it relates to first generation college students and explore the implications and recommendations to increase sense of belonging and ultimately promote persistence, college degree completion and overall well-being.