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Students who engaged in educationally purposeful activities were more likely to have a
sense of belonging on campus and persist to their second year of studies at that institution
(Kuh et al., 2008) and persist to graduation (O'Keeffe, 2013). This is particularly true for
minority students, students with disabilities and students from lower socio-economic
groups (Kuh, 2009).
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