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First-Generation College Students: Sense Of Belonging On Campus, Elizebeth Salazar
First-Generation College Students: Sense Of Belonging On Campus, Elizebeth Salazar
Community Engagement Student Work
This if from the policy track for the Community Engagement capstone pathway. First-generation college students have grown in numbers on college campus’ but continue to be a population that has lower completion numbers for their bachelor’s degree. TRIO and other first-generation college programming on college campus’ can contribute to better success of this population. However, first-generation college student’s sense of belonging should be added to campus’ initiatives to promote better retention of students.