Student Constructions of Fit: Narratives about Incongruence at a Faith-Based University

Autor/inn/en	Alleman, Nathan F.; Robinson, Jessica A.; Leslie, Elizabeth A.; Glanzer, Perry L.
Titel	Student Constructions of Fit: Narratives about Incongruence at a Faith-Based University
Quelle	In: Christian Higher Education, 15 (2016) 3, S.169-184 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1536-3759
DOI	10.1080/15363759.2016.1164440
Schlagwörter	Church Related Colleges; Personality Theories; Christianity; Religion; College Freshmen; Congruence (Psychology); Coping; Qualitative Research; Student Adjustment; Influences; Student Experience; Academic Persistence; Likert Scales; Student Surveys; Semi Structured Interviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kirchliche Hochschule; Personality theory; Persönlichkeitstheorie; Christentum; Studienanfänger; Congruence; Psychology; Kongruenz; Psychologie; Bewältigung; Qualitative Forschung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Studienerfahrung; Likert-Skala; Schülerbefragung
Abstract	Decades of student persistence and retention literature has brought to light factors of social, academic, and religious fit that influence a student's decision to remain at or depart from an institution. At Christian institutions, increasing student pluralism raises the likelihood that students will not fit religiously. This qualitative study of 21 first-time, full-time students contributes to the existing literature by exploring how students who already feel they do not fit for religious reasons work at constructing a sense of fit at a Christian research university. Many participants coped with religious discontinuity by redefining specifically Christian practices and teachings in terms that were personally palatable: as either general moral lessons that would help them to be a better person or as cultural insights that would benefit them social and professionally in the future. In many cases, university staff were instrumental. Finally, participants worked to construct an acceptable level of fit, or fit threshold, through various combinations of social fit, academic fit, and religious fit, often compensating for one with others. As Christian institutions increasingly invite students from diverse religious backgrounds into their campus community, understanding ways that these students attempt to adapt to religious incongruence will be paramount. (As Provided).
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