Call for Chapters: Motivating Engagement, Belonging, and Success in Higher Education Student Experience

Editors

Caroline Crawford, University of Houston-Clear Lake, United States
Taylor Gee, University of Houston-Clear Lake, United States

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: July 21, 2024
Full Chapters Due: October 13, 2024
Submission Date: October 13, 2024

Introduction

This publication will expand the discourse around student success, student engagement, and student belonging in higher education. Students’ motivation to complete courses and finish their degrees has waned some in the years since the pandemic. With the emergence and increase in distance education programs, technology has helped translate the classroom environment into the digital sphere in order to reach students nationwide, but this is not enough to support the completion of a degree. The effective integration of programming and initiatives in higher education that promote students’ sense of belonging directly impacts their desire to complete their degree programs. Reaching the students is one task but retaining them and supporting them up until graduation requires new and effective techniques that are centered in student engagement and student success. Administrators, faculty, and staff are looking for immediate practices to implement and embed in their courses, campus culture, and collaborative efforts across departments. The teachings and techniques presented in this publication will prepare higher education professionals to design and develop a student experience that motivates and supports students in their mission to complete their degree.

Objective

This book will aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area. It will be written for professionals in the field, who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of higher education student experience through a focus upon motivating engagement, belonging, and success. This book will serve to guide higher education professionals towards developing spaces and opportunities that foster student motivation, improve student retention, and engage students in activities and efforts that promote belonging during their college experience. The focus of the book is to encourage the reader to think of how higher education programming and initiatives can be restructured to emphasize the importance of student belonging and engagement on student motivation and success.

Target Audience

The target audience for this publication includes higher education administrators, faculty, staff, and professionals who are seeking ways to engage students and motivate them in being efficacious and intentional in their pursuit of a degree. This audience is primarily focused on how to evoke a sense of belonging within students from the initial application process on through to graduation day. These individuals may also come from other educational spheres that act as supports during the college journey such as outside tutors and mentors from community organizations that offer educational resources to students.

Recommended Topics

• Academic engagement • Academic achievement • Institution-wide approaches • Diverse instructional practices and educator engagement • Quality of learning experience • Knowledge-centric best practices • Organizational culture • Organizational knowledge • Research based understandings (quantitative, qualitative, mixed) • Theoretical frameworks • Real world models • Case studies • Relationship building • Leveraging technology to enhance connectedness and engagement • Higher education institutions o Universities o Colleges • Student motivation • Student self-confidence • Student success • Student engagement • Student retention • Student belonging o Connectedness to peers, institution, and faculty o Feeling safe o Institutional community o Value and acceptance o Diversity and inclusive environments o Connection opportunities

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 21, 2024, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by August 4, 2024 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters are expected to be submitted by October 13, 2024, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-anonymized review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Motivating Engagement, Belonging, and Success in Higher Education Student Experience. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-anonymized peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.



Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2025.



Important Dates

July 21, 2024: Proposal Submission Deadline
August 4, 2024: Notification of Acceptance
October 13, 2024: Full Chapter Submission
November 24, 2024: Review Results Returned
December 22, 2024: Final Acceptance Notification
December 29, 2024: Final Chapter Submission



Inquiries

Caroline Crawford University of Houston-Clear Lake carolinecrawford@earthlink.net Taylor Gee University of Houston-Clear Lake taytangee@gmail.com

Classifications


Business and Management; Computer Science and Information Technology; Education; Life Sciences; Library and Information Science; Medicine and Healthcare; Media and Communications; Security and Forensics; Government and Law; Social Sciences and Humanities; Physical Sciences and Engineering
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