PDF
Published
2022-12-13
Issue
Section
Campus Notes
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Robert Heckrote
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Copyright of all articles published in JCOTR belong to the author(s) and are published under a CC BY-NC license.
How to Cite
Sharing the Burden of Student Success:
Social Capital and Problem Normalization
Robert Heckrote
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/jcotr.v29i2.4834
Keywords: Social Capital, Problem Normalization, Student Success, Retention, Help-seeking Behaviors
Abstract
One barrier to student success and retention is not seeking help before a problem becomes unmanageable. The focus of this paper is to describe how the implementation of a social capital development program integrated with institutional problem normalization may lead to student success and retention. Through the implementation of these two small, cost-effective interventions institutions can increase student success and retention by helping students reduce stigma about seeking help, increasing ease in communication, and address problems before they become unmanageable. A five-part example is introduced to develop institutional problem normalization and the shared burden of student success is demonstrated.
