ABSTRACT

In the updated edition of this important volume, the editors and chapter contributors explore how diverse populations of students experience college differently and encounter group-specific barriers to success. Informed by relevant theories, each chapter focuses on engaging a different student population, including low-income students, Students of Color, international students, students with disabilities, religious minority students, student-athletes, part-time students, adult learners, military-connected students, graduate students, and others. New in this third edition is the inclusion of chapters on Indigenous students, student activists, transracial Asian American adoptee students, justice-involved students, student-parents, first-generation students, and undocumented students.

The forward-thinking, practical, anti-deficit-oriented strategies offered throughout the book are based on research and the collected professional wisdom of experienced educators and scholars at a range of postsecondary institutions. Current and future faculty members, higher education administrators, and student affairs educators will undoubtedly find this book complete with fresh ideas to reverse troubling engagement trends among various college student populations.

chapter Chapter 1|16 pages

The Heart of Our Work

Equitable Engagement for Students in US Higher Education

chapter Chapter 8|11 pages

Engaging Undocumented Students

chapter Chapter 10|18 pages

Engaging Queer Students

chapter Chapter 15|15 pages

Engaging Student-Athletes

chapter Chapter 16|14 pages

Engaging Justice-Involved Students

chapter Chapter 17|20 pages

Engaging First-Generation Students

chapter Chapter 18|17 pages

Engaging Poor and Working-Class Students

chapter Chapter 22|15 pages

Engaging Student-Parents