A Faculty-Led, Community-Building Program That Enhances Student-Faculty Connections within Biology

Autor/inn/en	Schafer, Jennifer L.; Guenther, Courtney H.; Stovall, Daniel B.; Brown, LaShardai N.; Glasscock, Laura N.; Stern, Matthew M.
Titel	A Faculty-Led, Community-Building Program That Enhances Student-Faculty Connections within Biology
Quelle	In: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 23 (2022) 2, (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-7877
Schlagwörter	Biology; Science Instruction; Teacher Student Relationship; Student School Relationship; Program Implementation; Liberal Arts; Sense of Community; College Faculty; Student Attitudes; White Students; Blacks; African American Students; Cost Effectiveness; Majors (Students); Undergraduate Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Fakultät; Schülerverhalten; Black person; Schwarzer; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken
Abstract	Connections between students and faculty on campus may influence students' sense of belonging, and a greater sense of belonging has a positive effect on student success. We developed a low-cost, faculty-led program of community-building events and implemented the program in the biology department at a small liberal-arts institution with the goal of improving students' sense of community. Student responses to surveys indicated that the majority of students felt connected to faculty and students in the department; however, Black or African American students initially felt a lower level of connection to faculty than did white students. After implementing our series of community-building events, students surveyed reported high levels of satisfaction with the events. Furthermore, there was a trend toward a higher percentage of Black or African American students than white students reporting that they were more likely to reach out to faculty after participating in the community-building events. Thus, our low-cost program improved connections between students and faculty in the biology department. Collectively, our results suggest that academic departments can implement community-building programs to improve students' sense of belonging. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01