A Comprehensive Analysis of Students' Experiences of Belonging to the CS Community

Abstract

Developing a sense of belonging to the community in CS departments during the first year plays a vital role in students' retention decisions. This research plan outlines both belonging as a psychosocial construct framed within higher education and issues related to it in computer science. The fully mixed sequential dominant status design will be used to understand and quantify belonging from both the students' and faculty's perspective. Pedagogical actions to improve belonging will be studied and disseminated.