Feelings and questions of belonging are central to daily life. Highlighting this centrality,
research and theory in higher education have offered robust definitions and frameworks for …

Recent reports show that low-income students make up a significant share of those
participating in higher education, and their well-being constitutes a key factor that influences …

The transfer pathway from community college to university holds promise for advancing
equity in STEM because it is followed by disproportionately high numbers of …

Background It is well known that earning a bachelor's degree in engineering is a demanding
task, but ripe with opportunity. For students from historically excluded demographic groups …

This descriptive qualitative study identified variability patterns in students' self-authoring
capacities during college. To do so, we developed a procedure for examining shifts in …

The term at-promise gained prominence as a strength-based way to refer to students from
minoritized backgrounds that contrasted from deficit-laden terms like" at-risk." In this …

As institutions of higher education prepare students for their careers, there is often a focus
on teaching students how to demonstrate professional behavior to secure employment. Yet …

PhD programs have long struggled to recruit and retain trainees and scholars representative
of an increasingly diverse US population. In this practice brief, we describe barriers facing …

The first year of higher education (HE) marks one of the most significant transitions in a
student's life. Within the UK, the subject area of Sport and Exercise Science (SES) has a …

Emerging research suggests that first-generation queer and trans (QT) students experience
disproportionate discrimination in schooling leading to disengagement early on in their …