Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations

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.


About the Author

Stephen John Quaye is Past President of ACPA: College Student Educators International, and Associate Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs at The Ohio State University, USA.

Shaun R. Harper is President-Elect of the American Educational Research Association, Executive Director of the USC Race and Equity Center, and a Provost Professor in the Rossier School of Education and Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California, USA.

Sumun L. Pendakur is the Chief Learning Officer and Director of the USC Equity Institutes at the USC Race and Equity Center at University of Southern California, USA.