Social Belonging Intervention Report

Title:	Social Belonging Intervention Report
Description:	This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) intervention report summarizes the research on Social Belonging interventions that support postsecondary success. Social Belonging interventions for college students aim to reduce the impacts of negative stereotypes that may burden students in underrepresented groups and affect their persistence in college. Examples of such groups are racial or ethnic minority groups, women in engineering, and first-generation college students. There are different variations of Social Belonging interventions, but they all have in common a goal of influencing students' sense that they could be successful within a college setting. Based on the research, the WWC found that Social Belonging interventions have mixed effects on academic achievement and progressing in college, and have no discernible effects on college enrollment.
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Cover Date:	January 2022
Web Release:	January 19, 2022
Publication #:	WWC 2022005
Center/Program:	WWC
Associated Centers:	NCEE
Authors:	WWC
Type of Product:	Intervention Report
Keywords:	Persistence to Completion of Students in Higher Education Race/Ethnicity • racial differences Students • social factors Women's Educational Equity
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Intervention Report, please contact: Felicia Sanders.