Abstract
This study aims to identify research trends in student experience in higher education through analyzing the topics around which research on university students’ experiences has been conducted. Using the topic modeling technique, the Scopus database for studies published up to 2017 containing the terms “student experience” and either “higher education” or “tertiary education” in their titles, keywords, and abstracts was searched. After excluding overlapping studies, a total of 1211 studies were extracted. The articles were then classified into a total of 21 topics on university student experience, including “Learning with online technologies”, “Practice at the university”, and “Diversity in college”. The results of the current study indicate that it will be possible to offer various programs to support more valuable and better student experience at the university level. Thus, this study elucidates the ways in which research fields regarding student experience have been constructed and the ways in which the main research trends have changed.
Highlights
What do students experience at universities? It is one of the important research topics in the field of higher education
With the spread of the perception that all experiences through which students adjust to university life beyond lessons in classrooms, engage in exchange with diverse people, participate in various educational activities, and prepare for life after graduation are educational achievements supporting students’ development and growth, interest in “student experience” has increased
Student experience is important for the improvement in university education in that whether or not tangible and intangible educational programs provided by universities are properly implemented can be confirmed, and students’ perceptions of and achievements regarding such programs can be grasped at the same time
Summary
What do students experience at universities? It is one of the important research topics in the field of higher education. Research on student experience has shown that the education and support provided by the institutions were working well from the perspectives of professors or institutions and of students [1]. In the USA, the National Resource Center (NRC) was established approximately 30 years ago. It provides first-year student education programs and teaching plans of various universities and lists of studies on them in a listserv format to share materials on first-year experiences and student transitions [8]. Research on how to support students with special needs, such as adult learners, soldiers, working students, students with disabilities, and international students, to have effective learning and adjustment experiences has been stressed [9,10,11,12]
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