Technology and Engagement

Making Technology Work for First Generation College Students

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Teaching, Computers & Technology, Higher Education
Cover of the book Technology and Engagement by Heather T. Rowan-Kenyon, Ana M. Martínez Alemán, Mandy Savitz-Romer, Rutgers University Press
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Author: Heather T. Rowan-Kenyon, Ana M. Martínez Alemán, Mandy Savitz-Romer ISBN: 9780813594217
Publisher: Rutgers University Press Publication: February 15, 2018
Imprint: Rutgers University Press Language: English
Author: Heather T. Rowan-Kenyon, Ana M. Martínez Alemán, Mandy Savitz-Romer
ISBN: 9780813594217
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication: February 15, 2018
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Language: English

Technology and Engagement is based on a four-year study of how first generation college students use social media, aimed at improving their transition to and engagement with their university. Through web technology, including social media sites, students were better able to maintain close ties with family and friends from home, as well as engage more with social and academic programs at their university. This ‘ecology of transition’ was important in keeping the students focused on why they were in college, and helped them become more integrated into the university setting. By showing the gains in campus capital these first-generation college students obtained through social media, the authors offer concrete suggestions for how other universities and college-retention programs can utilize the findings to increase their own retention of first-generation college students.

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Technology and Engagement is based on a four-year study of how first generation college students use social media, aimed at improving their transition to and engagement with their university. Through web technology, including social media sites, students were better able to maintain close ties with family and friends from home, as well as engage more with social and academic programs at their university. This ‘ecology of transition’ was important in keeping the students focused on why they were in college, and helped them become more integrated into the university setting. By showing the gains in campus capital these first-generation college students obtained through social media, the authors offer concrete suggestions for how other universities and college-retention programs can utilize the findings to increase their own retention of first-generation college students.

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