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The Positive Effects of Service-Learning on Transfer Students’ Sense of Belonging: A Multi-Institutional Analysis
- Journal of College Student Development
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 59, Number 5, September-October 2018
- pp. 579-597
- 10.1353/csd.2018.0054
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Abstract:
More than 1 in 3 undergraduate students transfers from one college or university to another, but many do not go on to graduate. Literature suggests that service-learning pedagogy supports both social and academic integration; therefore, we examined whether transfer students’ participation in service-learning courses is related to sense of belonging—an important predictor of graduation. We conducted ordinary least squares estimation with institution fixed effects and found that students who participated in service-learning courses posttransfer had a higher sense of belonging. We also found that the relationship between service-learning and sense of belonging may be curvilinear.