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Diversifying STEM Pathways: A Look into Upward Transfer Students' Sense of Belonging in Computing
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Blaney, Jennifer M.; Barrett, Julia; Choi, Yoon Ha – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2022
This article discusses transfer pathways to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees and highlights ways in which existing literature on equity in STEM fails to represent transfer student experiences, limiting opportunities to support transfer students and diversify STEM programs. More specifically, we synthesize findings…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Transfer Students, Sense of Community, Computer Science
Advancing Gender Equity and Sense of Belonging in Computing: Are Documented Best Practices Representative of Upward Transfer Students?
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Blaney, Jennifer M.; Barrett, Julia – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Supporting upward transfer students is critical to diversifying STEM. This study provides insight into how we can best support upward transfer students in computing, one of the least diverse STEM disciplines. Specifically, we expand upon recent research on sense of belonging to examine how the predictors of belonging might be unique for upward…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Equal Education, Sense of Community, Computer Science Education
"We're the Unicorns in STEM": Understanding How Academic and Social Experiences Influence Sense of Belonging for Latina Undergraduate Students
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Rodriguez, Sarah L.; Blaney, Jennifer M. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2021
Framed by Strayhorn's (2012) model of sense of belonging, this study examined the influence of academic and social collegiate experiences on the sense of belonging of undergraduate Latina students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. "Sense of belonging" refers to a feeling of mattering or being connected…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), Undergraduate Students, Hispanic American Students