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Item The influence of ethnic student organizations on students' sense of belonging.(2014-06-11) Rood, Kari S.; Sriram, Rishi.; Educational Administration.; Baylor University. Dept. of Educational Administration.Sense of belonging as a measure for a student's connection with his/her institution allows student affairs administrators to better serve their students. Increased sense of belonging is a higher indication of retention and allows students to further succeed. Racial and ethnic minority students make up a population of students who require different services and attention than their majority peers. This is evidenced by the presence of multicultural centers and ethnic student organizations on college campuses that specifically seek to acknowledge and celebrate the cultural differences among students and how to develop students through these measures. This study takes the opportunity to see how racial and ethnic minority students' sense of belonging differs depending upon their involvement in student organizations and more specifically the type of organization with which they participate.Item Student engagement in a residential college.(2013-09-16) Moore, Emily J.; Sriram, Rishi.; Educational Administration.; Baylor University. Dept. of Educational Administration.Student engagement is highly valued in institutions of higher learning because of its effects on other areas of student experiences. In efforts to increase engagement, many institutions have implemented measures such as living-learning programs, which marry the residential experience with an academic discipline or focus. Numerous institutions have also created systems of residential colleges, based on the ancient structure at Cambridge University and Oxford University. Many of these residential colleges employ systems to quantitatively measure and record student participation via “points”. Administrators use these “points” records to determine whether a resident is adequately involved in the residential community. However, little research, if any, has been done on the effects of having a points system. Points allow for a quantitative measurement of involvement beyond self-reports, and this thesis takes advantage of this fact to research the effects of student experiences and characteristics on actual levels of engagement in a residential college.