Student-faculty (SF) interactions that are conducive to students' learning can help reduce the
retention and graduation gaps in higher education, especially for college students from …

Sense of belonging in higher education contributes to students' wellbeing and academic
attainment. However, there is ambiguity about the definition and measurement of sense of …

ABSTRACT The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) calls
for going beyond the measure of market strength to assess societal progress through a …

Background To date, studies that have investigated the bonds between students and their
institution have emphasized the importance of student–staff relationships. Measuring the …

We evaluate the impact of a low-stakes easy-to-implement course-level intervention,
Scientist Spotlight assignments, which feature personal and professional stories of diverse …

The current study examined whether college students' sense of belonging changed
following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were 252 (66.7% female) first …

This qualitative research study explores student perceptions of how they build relationships
with faculty, including factors that facilitate or undermine these relationships. Building such …

Marginalization encompasses structural, interpersonal, and intergroup dynamics that
perpetuate inequality and exclusion. This manuscript advocates that the solution to …

University students with a higher sense of belonging have previously been found to
experience higher levels of academic engagement, motivation, achievement, and self …

The undergraduate transfer process has well-documented challenges, especially for those
who identify with groups historically excluded from science, technology, engineering, and …