Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josue Njock Libii, Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

for and importance of such connections to academicsuccess.Morrow and Ackerman found that 65% of students who leave their university depart for non-academic reasons and that academic progress and achievement are closely related to a sense ofbelonging [10]. Research has shown that one predictor of persistence in college is feeling asense of mattering and belonging [1], [37]. Commuter students are particularly at risk of notpersisting [1]. Mattering is defined as “the feeling one has when he/she feels that he/she isnoticed, cared about, needed, and valued by another person” [12] and the sense of belonging as“the perception of peer and faculty support, classroom comfort, and isolation [3], [11], [38]-[40].The challenge is how one goes about