Conference Session

First-Generation Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Jennifer Blue, Miami University; Brielle Johnson, Miami University; Amy Summerville, Miami University; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, First Generation

disadvantages [6].C. Sense of belonging In addition to beliefs, students’ feelings of belonging and acceptance in their collegecommunity are important in predicting their academic success. The need to belong and affiliatewith others is a fundamental motivation, and this motivation influences various interpersonalbehaviors [17]. Research conducted with elementary students has suggested that sense ofschool belonging is the most impactful contextual variable on classroom achievement, andbelonging is positively correlated with academic self-efficacy [18]. In another study looking atwomen’s persistence in engineering, rates of retention were associated with feelings ofbelonging to the major and the department [19]. A sense of belongingness often