Campus Belonging and Academic Efficacy in the Time of COVID-19 Among Vulnerable Students

• In Event: Interactions and the Self in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

COVID-19 affected students when campuses across the United States closed and students were forced to finish their semesters online. Through OLS regression, we were able to determine a relationship between campus belonging and academic efficacy, and how that relationship was impacted by the campus closures. We found that campus belonging and academic efficacy are related, and that the relationship grows over the first three years of college. We also found that while the relationship was negatively impacted by campus closures, it was not a statistically significant impact.

Authors

• Gregory C. Wolniak, University of Georgia

• Sarah Catherine Burman, University of Georgia