Understanding Students’ Friendships: How Friendship Networks Matter During College

How do friendships matter socially and academically during college? In my book Connecting in College, I argue that the friendships students form are one of the most overlooked and crucial aspects of college. I show how college students form different types of friendship networks (tight- knitters, compartmentalizers, and samplers) and use them in different ways to manage their academic and social lives. This webinar will discuss my empirical findings as well as covering theoretical concepts (social capital, for example) and practical applications for campuses of all types. Less...

Learning Objectives

Describe how friendships can provide social and academic benefits for students.
Describe how friendships can get in the way socially and academically for students.
Identify and describe the three types of friendship networks.
Identify at least one strategy to cultivate meaningful friendships that can be applied on your campus.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Live Interactive Webinar

12:00 PM EDT - 01:00 PM EDT

EARN 1 CE Credit Hours

About the speaker

Janice McCabe, PhD

Department of Sociology, Dartmouth College

Dr. Janice McCabe is the Allen House Professor and an associate professor of sociology and in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Dartmouth College. She teaches courses on the sociology of gender, youth, education, social problems, and research methods at Dartmouth. Her book, Connecting in College: How Friendship Networks Matter for Academic and Social Success (University of Chicago Press, 2016), and current research focus on friendship networks and identities during college and into young adulthood. She is interested in how gender, race/ethnicity, and social class operate as social identities and how they shape social networks. Her research has been highlighted, among other places, in the Washington Post, Time magazine, NPR, New York Magazine, and the Boston Globe.

Agenda

12:00-12:10 Past research on college friendships, social capital, and inequality

Background on existing academic research on college friendship, social networks, social capital, network density, and inequalities in higher education.

12:10-12:40 My research: Samplers, compartmentalizers, and tight-knitters

What does friendship mean?
Samplers’ network structure, benefits, and limitations
Compartmentalizers’ network structure, benefits, and limitations
Tight-knitters’ network structure, benefits, and limitations

12:40-12:50 Summary and recommendations

Recognize that friendships are important academically and socially.
Not one friendship type is best for all students.
For students: Reflect on your friendships. Are you helping each other? Socially and academically?
For college campuses: Provide increased opportunities for students to interact with friends about academic matters and to make meaningful friendships.

12:50-1:00 Discussion

Questions and answer period

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