Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Publication Title

Journal of Educators Online

Volume

16

Issue

2

Pages

1-12

Abstract

This study investigates online graduate student perceptions of program community (i.e., feelings of trust, connection, and affiliation among students, faculty, and staff that develop and exist outside individual courses). Eighty-four graduate students in one certificate and two degree programs completed a researcher-developed survey distributed through email. The results indicated that students had a modest interest in program community, took pride in program affiliation, and incorporated affiliation as part of their personal identities. Students were interested in their peers’ and professors’ professional interests and felt comfortable contacting faculty members when not enrolled in their courses. The results are discussed in the context of the literature.

Comments

Journal of Educators Online is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Original Publication Citation

Shepherd, C. E., & Bolliger, D. U. (2019). Online graduate student perceptions of program community. Journal of Educators Online, 16(2), 1-12.

ORCID

0000-0001-8104-6243 (Bolliger)

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