College Belonging: How First-Year and First-Generation Students Navigate Campus Life (Critical Issues in American Education) - Softcover

Nunn, Lisa M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1978807651 ISBN 13: 9781978807655

Verlag: RUTGERS UNIV PR, 2021

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<i>College Belonging</i> reveals how colleges&#8217; and universities&#8217; efforts to foster a sense of belonging in their students are misguided. Colleges bombard new students with the message to &#8220;get out there!&#8221; and &#8220;find your place&#8221; by joining student organizations, sports teams, clubs and the like. Nunn shows that this reflects a flawed understanding of what belonging is and how it works. Drawing on the sociological theories of Emile Durkheim, <i>College Belonging</i> shows that belonging is something that members of a community offer to each other. It is something that must be given, like a gift. Individuals cannot simply walk up to a group or community and demand belonging. That&#8217;s not how it works. The group must extend a sense of belonging to each and every member. It happens by making a person feel welcome, to feel that their presence matters to the group, that they would be missed if they were gone. This critical insight helps us understand why colleges&#39; push for students simply to &#8220;get out there!&#8221; does not always work.&#160;

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LISA M. NUNN is a professor of sociology and the director of the Center for Educational Excellence at University of San Diego. She is the author of <i>Defining Student Success: The Role of School and Culture</i>&#160;and <i>33 Simple Strategies for Faculty: A Week-by-Week Resource for Teaching First-Year and First-Generation Students</i> (both Rutgers University Press).

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• Verlag: RUTGERS UNIV PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1978807651
• ISBN 13: 9781978807655
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 216
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