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The Impact Of Campus Environment Perceptions And Sense Of Belonging On The Persistence Decisions Of Students At A Rural Community College, Crystal T. Henry
The Impact Of Campus Environment Perceptions And Sense Of Belonging On The Persistence Decisions Of Students At A Rural Community College, Crystal T. Henry
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Community college students are often excluded from persistence studies due to the unique characteristics of community colleges and its students. Recent studies have heavily relied on retention models that do not adequately account for the role individual and campus culture plays in students’ persistence decisions. Using Museus’ (2014) Culturally Engaging Campus Environment (CECE) model, this cross-sectional, correlational study examined the impact of campus environment perceptions and sense of belonging on the persistence decisions of students at a rural community college in the southeastern part of the U.S. Correlation analyses were conducted to investigate the relationships between two independent variables, campus …