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| Other authors / contributors: | Martínez Alemán, Ana M., author.
Savitz-Romer, Mandy, author.
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| ISBN: | 9780813594200
0813594200
9780813594194
0813594197
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary: | "Technology and Engagement is based on a four-year study of how first generation college students use social media, aimed at improving their transition to and engagement with their university. Through web technology, including social media sites, students were better able to maintain close ties with family and friends from home, as well as engage more with social and academic programs at their university. This 'ecology of transition' was important in keeping the students focused on why they were in college, and helped them become more integrated into the university setting. By showing the gains in campus capital these first-generation college students obtained through social media, the authors offer concrete suggestions for how other universities and college-retention programs can utilize the findings to increase their own retention of first-generation college students"--
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| Other form: | Online version: Rowan-Kenyon, Heather T., 1973- Technology and engagement. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2018 9780813594217
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