Belonging and Inequality

  This visual shows various facts about college students during COVID pandemic. This clearly indicates that the pandemic has worsened thier college experience and this shows how hard it has been for first generation students. Many first generation students have had to drop out because either they could not afford it or they were unmotivated to succeed. Many student's parents have lost jobs which was their source of income. It has affected thier mental health. 

Research Question   How has the transition to remote learning affected the student's? How has this transition had a negative or positive effect on college students? If it has positively impacted, what are some coping methods that college students found most useful during this time? How has this transition had a negative effect on college students' mental health? How has it affected the first generation students more than others? How has social isolation changed the defined “belonging” for first generation college students? Bibliography Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism . Revised, Verso, 2016. Browning, Matthew H. E. M., et al. “Psychological Impacts from COVID-19 among University Students: Risk Factors across Seven States in the United States.” PLOS ONE , edited by Chung-Ying Lin, vol. 16, no. 1, 2021, p. e0245327. Crossref , doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245327. “Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression, Anxiety...

  Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism About the Author  Benedict Anderson was born on August 26, 1936. He had Anglo-Irish father and English mother. Benedict received schooling in California. Benedict Anderson graduated from the University of Cambridge with high honours. He was also awarded a Ph.D. in government by Cornell University in 1967. He was most famous for this book, Imagined Communities.  Citation  Anderson, Benedict Richard O'Gorman. Imagined Communities:  Reflections On the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. E-book, London: Verso, 2006, https://hdl-handle-net.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/2027/heb.01609. Accessed 1 Mar 2021. Summary  Benedict Anderson develops the concept of imagined communities in nationalism. The community that he describes is of a nation where people believe that they are part of the community. Entrepreneurs were printing in local languages in order to maximize circulation. He calls nationa...