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Hsieh, Pei-Chun; Cunnington, Alisa; Bolibruck, Ty – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2023
Service learning is an effective approach to deepen student learning through engagement of action and reflection. This project was structured to benefit students as well as our community partner by addressing a pressing need during the COVID pandemic.
Descriptors: Service Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics, Learner Engagement
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Smith, Brian T.; Charlton, Kelly; Allen, Ashley Batts – Open Education Studies, 2023
Universities spend significant time and energy establishing a sense of community for their students. University personnel strive to increase school community ties for commuter students who travel back and forth from home to campus under the assumption that these increased ties will predict academic success. In an effort to understand those…
Descriptors: Commuter Colleges, College Students, Sense of Community, Academic Achievement
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James C. Stoner; Ryan W. Erck; Rishi Sriram; Madeline Peña – College Student Affairs Journal, 2023
Residential learning communities (RLCs) are on-campus programs aimed at seamlessly blending the in- and out-of-class experiences for college students. Scholars have demonstrated how RLC initiatives are valuable because they build and reinforce an academic environment, and help facilitate related outcomes (e.g., academic transition, GPA, critical…
Descriptors: College Students, Communities of Practice, Residential Programs, Living Learning Centers
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Didi M. E. Griffioen; Maaike van Heijningen – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2023
This literature review applies Wenger's community of practice framework as a theoretical lens to generate insight about the complex collaborative processes of living labs. The authors explore this model with insights from the literature on labs and then set out to understand higher educational living labs. The findings show that current research…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Higher Education, Living Learning Centers, Personal Autonomy
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Henriette Tolstrup Holmegaard; Lene Møller Madsen; Katia Bill Nielsen – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
There is a call for more students to continue into computer science (CS), but as many leave their studies before completing, there is a potential in retaining students rather than focusing on recruitment alone. The retention literature proposes 'sense of belonging' as a key concept. This paper contributes with nuancing how sense of belonging is…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Sense of Community, College Students, Computer Science Education
De Leon, Brianda – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This critical case study explores creating and implementing an undocumented resource center (USRC) in Utah. Using a qualitative research approach, the study draws on interviews with key stakeholders involved in the development and operation of USRCs and an analysis of policy documents and other relevant materials. The study finds that creating…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, College Students, Resource Centers, Stakeholders
McConnell, Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study examined how biracial students at a predominantly White southeastern state flagship university described their experiences. Participants narrated their experiences on a university campus about how the university impacted their ability to find a sense of belonging on campus and the role the university played. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Multiracial Persons, College Students, Sense of Community, Student School Relationship
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Bidandi, Fred; Ambe, Anthony Nforh; Mukong, Claudia Haking – SAGE Open, 2021
This study investigated the insights and current debates on community engagement in higher education institutions with specific reference to the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa. The article argues that although community engagement seems to present some challenges, it has become an integral part of higher education in South…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, College Role, Public Colleges
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Brizee, Allen – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2020
This article reports on the second stage of a 7-year community-based research project involving service-learning students in technical and professional communication courses and nonprofit organizations in Baltimore City. The article explains how students and community members overcame failure to collaborate on literacy and employment workshops. To…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Service Learning, College Students, Community
Excelencia in Education, 2022
Since 2005, Examples of Excelencia has been the only national effort recognizing evidence-based programs improving Latino student success in higher education. This year an external selection committee selected 4 programs among our 20 Finalists that stand out for their evidence-based efforts to advance Latino student success in higher education.…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Higher Education, Communities of Practice
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Moore, Robert L.; Miller, Courtney N. – Online Learning, 2022
Within the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework, cognitive presence has been central to success in higher education settings. This systematic review examined 24 articles published between 2008- 2020 that empirically analyzed cognitive presence in online courses. We share the patterns that emerged regarding the interplay between teaching and…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Communities of Practice, Online Courses, College Students
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Hao, Wang; Prihadi, Kususanto Ditto – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2022
Subjective well-being (SWB) of university students who had to study off-campus due to the pandemic was investigated in this current study. Studies had reported that one of the most robust factors of SWB is the sense of mattering. While the sense of mattering is built upon social feedback, being locked down limited their source of social feedback…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Sense of Community, Well Being, College Students
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Goode, Jayne R.; Radovic-Fanta, Jelena; Bose, Sayoni – Communication Education, 2022
Students at the intersection of social, political, and economic struggles must often forge new paths to make college entrance possible, even as dominant social narratives predict their failure. Faculty and administration endeavor to engage this emerging majority population and devote valuable time and resources to support structures meant to…
Descriptors: College Students, College Environment, Self Concept, Student Development
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Murray, Rebecca M.; LaPorte, Heidi – Journal of Campus Activities Practice and Scholarship, 2022
Four volunteer participants who used the services of the Office of Accessibility Services (OAS) on our campus attended three sessions where they were interviewed about inclusivity and (a) taught an art technique; (b) taught to do the technique with a partner; and (c) used the technique with a guest whom they identified as having impacted their…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Sense of Community, Students with Disabilities, Art Activities
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Yoshida, Masami – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2022
In pedagogical practice, gratitude is recognised not as an emotion, but as an approach to learning. This study introduced gratitude messages into the academic online communication of university students and specifically examined the community in which students shared their messages with gratitude. This study examined the tendency of message…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Psychological Patterns, Computer Mediated Communication
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