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Students’ sense of belonging and their socio-economic status in higher education: a quantitative approach

Ahn, MY; Davis, HH; (2020) Students’ sense of belonging and their socio-economic status in higher education: a quantitative approach. Teaching in Higher Education 10.1080/13562517.2020.1778664. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

This study aims to explore the main aspects of sense of belonging, including academic and social engagement, life satisfaction, thoughts of leaving university, demographic characteristics and socio-economic status by applying quantitative measurement. Having considered the concepts of disadvantaged or non-traditional groups deployed in previous studies, a survey questionnaire was designed to investigate how certain factors are related to students’ belonging. Statistical analysis of data from 380 participants reveals that students’ sense of belonging and retention are crucially influenced by both academic engagement and social engagement, but independently. This study also addresses a lack of research about how the critical factors for disadvantage operate to determine belonging and retention in higher education. The findings should prompt a re-evaluation what we consider to be the sources of ‘disadvantage’, such as social class, age and ethnicity.

Type: Article
Title: Students’ sense of belonging and their socio-economic status in higher education: a quantitative approach
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2020.1778664
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2020.1778664
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Sense of belonging, engagement, higher education, questionnaire, disadvantage, retention
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10101382
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