A Tangled Web of Terms: The Overlap and Unique Contribution of Involvement, Engagement, and Integration to Understanding College Student Success
Abstract
Established theories and constructs long associated with student success, including involvement, engagement, and integration, provide common language and a body of knowledge to inform understanding of the challenges currently facing higher education. This paper examines how the theories and terms have evolved, explores how the terms are currently used, and considers their legacy for understanding contemporary concerns about student development and success.
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Student involvement is the amount of both physical and psychological energy that students devote to experiences and has been found to affect students and their growth.
“Student involvement is the amount of both physical and psychological energy that students devote to experiences and has been found to affect students and their growth (Milem & Berger, 1997;Wolf-Wendel, Ward, & Kinzie, 2009).”
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- Authors
- Wolf-Wendel, L., Ward, K., & Kinzie, J.
- Venue
- Journal of College Student Development
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 2009-07
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 407-428
- ISSN
- 1543-3382
- Cited by
- 205
- References
- 0
- Language
- en
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