College Belonging: How First-Year and First-Generation Students Navigate Campus Life
By Lisa M. Nunn
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By Lisa M. Nunn
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College Belonging reveals how colleges’ and universities’ efforts to foster a sense of belonging in their students are misguided.
Colleges bombard new students with the message to “get out there!” and “find your place” by joining student organizations, sports teams, clubs and the like. Nunn shows that this reflects a flawed understanding of what belonging is and how it works. Drawing on the sociological theories of Emile Durkheim, College Belonging shows that belonging is something that memb...


