College Belonging – How First–Year and First–Generation Students Navigate Campu…

College BelongingHow First-Year and First-Generation Students Navigate Campus Life\nAuthor(s): Lisa M. Nunn\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9781978807662, 978-1978807662\nSynopsis\nCollege 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 members of a community offer to each other. It is something that must be given, like a gift. Individuals cannot simply walk up to a group or community and demand belonging. Thats not how it works. The group must extend a sense of belonging to each .