Seijoon Park, Michael Steven Williams, Marjorie L. Dorimé-Williams, Amanda M. Carr, Scott Hovey, Jae-Kur Lockhart, Caleb Austin Sewell, N’ya Fritz, Christopher D. Slaten
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Investigating Belonging as a Mediator between Culturally Engaging Campus Environments and Satisfaction
Reducing student attrition and drop-out rates is of paramount concern for higher education scholars, policymakers, and practitioners in evaluating institutional effectiveness. There is some evidence that students’ satisfaction can be critical to the success of any postsecondary educational institution, but little is known about how campus environments shape students’ satisfaction. Using structural equation modeling techniques, the authors use multi-institutional survey data to examine the relationship between Culturally Engaging Campus Environments (CECE), sense of belonging, and satisfaction. Specifically, we explore the direct effects of CECE indicators on satisfaction and the mediating role of sense of belonging. Our results showed that a direct effect of CECE indicators is positively associated with satisfaction. Results also indicated that an indirect effect of CECE indicators contributes to a significant increase in satisfaction through sense of belonging. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
期刊介绍:
Innovative Higher Education is a refereed scholarly journal that strives to package fresh ideas in higher education in a straightforward and readable fashion. The four main purposes of Innovative Higher Education are: (1) to present descriptions and evaluations of current innovations and provocative new ideas with relevance for action beyond the immediate context in higher education; (2) to focus on the effect of such innovations on teaching and students; (3) to be open to diverse forms of scholarship and research methods by maintaining flexibility in the selection of topics deemed appropriate for the journal; and (4) to strike a balance between practice and theory by presenting manuscripts in a readable and scholarly manner to both faculty and administrators in the academic community.