TY - JOUR
T1 - Advancing Gender Equity and Sense of Belonging in Computing
T2 - Are Documented Best Practices Representative of Upward Transfer Students?
AU - Blaney, Jennifer M.
AU - Barrett, Julia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - 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 transfer students, focusing closely on upward transfer women’s experiences. Findings highlight three unique predictors of sense of belonging for upward transfer students beyond those documented in prior research on students in the aggregate. Other college experiences–like feeling supported by computing peers–positively predicted belonging for all students, but were not equitably available to upward transfer students, with upward transfer women reporting the lowest levels of peer support compared to all other groups.
AB - 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 transfer students, focusing closely on upward transfer women’s experiences. Findings highlight three unique predictors of sense of belonging for upward transfer students beyond those documented in prior research on students in the aggregate. Other college experiences–like feeling supported by computing peers–positively predicted belonging for all students, but were not equitably available to upward transfer students, with upward transfer women reporting the lowest levels of peer support compared to all other groups.
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U2 - 10.1080/10668926.2021.1896396
DO - 10.1080/10668926.2021.1896396
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85102519849
SN - 1066-8926
VL - 46
SP - 633
EP - 653
JO - Community College Journal of Research and Practice
JF - Community College Journal of Research and Practice
IS - 9
ER -