Students' Sense of Belonging in Study Space
Author | : Kelly M. Broughton |
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Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Academic libraries |
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The ideal college campus provides a supportive, inclusive atmosphere for all students, enabling them to challenge their beliefs, extend their understandings, and engage in meaningful learning and knowledge production – inside and outside of the classroom. However, even on a single campus, students do not share uniform perceptions regarding the support and inclusivity of their campus environment. Students who identify with historical marginalized groups regularly report a lower sense of belonging and a less inclusive climate than their privileged peers. Students’ sense of belonging is integral to student success and it is increasingly understood to be tied to social identity, particularly for students who identify with a minoritized group. Sense of belonging is also closely related to a student’s perception of various campus environments. Students’ most immediate experience with campus environments is via the components of campus in which they regularly interact and an important component of the residential campus environment is the informal learning space - the places outside of the classroom in which students choose to do their studying and academic work