Undergraduates’ Sense of Belonging, Community, and Support at a Title V Center

Abstract

This study examined undergraduate survey responses about a Title V center at a research university. Using a counterspaces framework, we analyzed the ways in which this Title V center provided first-generation and minoritized college students with academic and non-academic supports and a sense of community and belonging. Analyses illustrated that students felt that the center acted as a counterspace, highlighting how such centers can support and retain minoritized and first-generation students at Hispanic serving institutions.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

¹ Because the literature and federal government use the term Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) to describe how universities are classified, we use the term Hispanic when referring to institutions designated as HSIs. However, we use Latinx when referring to individuals (Johnston-Guerrero, 2016).

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Funding

This research was funded by a Department of Education Title V Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Grant, # P031S150021.