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LGBTQ Student Experiences and Perceptions in Christian Higher Education

Author : Anthony M. Ungaro

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Page : 128 pages

File Size : 30,59 MB

Release : 2022

Category : College environment

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The experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students at faithbased institutions that influence perceptions and persistence are not well known. Although institutions are committed to student growth and development, LGBTQ students are often treated with religious stigmatization and discrimination. This qualitative phenomenological research gave LGBTQ students a voice to share experiences that impact perceptions of campus climate, strategies that lead to persistence, and recommendations to strengthen institutional inclusiveness. The interview results from six LGBTQ students at various Christian institutions associated with the Council for Christian College and Universities provided in-depth considerations for faithbased institutions, specifically Christian, to increase enrollment, build more inclusive spaces, and improve student retention as it relates to this population. Through this research, institutions will be able to balance their religious ideals with LGBTQ student needs to promote an affirming campus climate without compromising missions. Study participants were recruited through a vast network of higher education professionals who have preestablished, trusted relationships with participants. Professionals were contacted through Facebook posts and outreach to network connections to share the research opportunity. As LGBTQ students communicated interest in the research, they were scheduled for one-on-one interviews to share their stories. The interviews showed that LGBTQ students often lack institutional support, no policies can positively or negatively embolden campus personnel, there is no one path from enrollment to graduation for LGBTQ students, and that vital support systems are essential to navigating campuses. Despite many of the participants sharing that an organization existed on their campus, these students continue to contend with conservative views on LGBTQ identities, feel they are used to understand issues but without resolution, and that institutional personnel seem unequipped to address campus or personal LGBTQ struggles. Keywords: LGBTQ, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, campus climate, higher education, religious stigmatization



Perspectives on Transforming Higher Education and the LGBTQIA Student Experience

Author : Herridge, Andrew

Publisher : IGI Global

Page : 340 pages

File Size : 28,10 MB

Release : 2024-01-19

Category : Education

ISBN : 1668499150

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Today’s institutions of higher education must continuously adapt to meet the evolving needs and expectations of each new generation of students. A significant and growing presence within academia is the LGBTQIA community. LGBTQIA individuals are now four times more likely to attend higher education institutions away from home. However, a substantial proportion of these students remain unseen, with more than half avoiding exposure of their identity to faculty and staff, and in some cases even to their peers. Perspectives on Transforming Higher Education and the LGBTQIA Student Experience is a comprehensive academic exploration of the intricate world of LGBTQIA students in higher education. This book sheds light on the multifaceted challenges and complexities that LGBTQIA students face, transcending the boundaries of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, ability, and socio-economic class. This book is a seminal work designed to enlighten and inform students, faculty, student affairs practitioners, higher education administrators, and policymakers, and is structured to provide a holistic understanding, this book encompasses critical themes, including LGBTQIA student identity development, the intersectionality of identity, LGBTQIA student experiences within the campus climate, and the impact of laws and policies on their lives. This book also explores a diverse range of topics, spotlighting often under-researched and underrepresented communities and experiences.



LGBTQ Students' Navigation of an Institution of Higher Education

Author : Ashley Delgado

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Page : pages

File Size : 17,80 MB

Release : 2020

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) college students face discrimination, harassment, and oppression throughout university campuses, consequently leading to a different set of experiences than those of their heterosexual counterparts. In order to better under-stand these experiences, this study examined the perceptions of eight LGBTQ college students on a Southern Californian university campus and the various factors that influenced their well being. In order to analyze LGBTQ students’ perceptions, queer theory and the concept of “doing gender and sexuality,” were used to analyze participant interviews about their time as a university student. Findings indicate that participants had a complex set of experiences that influenced their ability to navigate an institution of higher education. These complexities arose from having to negotiate their multiple identities inside and outside of campus, appreciating LGBTQ representation on campus and within their classrooms, and simultaneously facing multiple forms of oppression that highlight the need for additional forms of LGBTQ advocacy. The findings of this research demonstrate the importance of representation and support from peers, faculty and from the university itself in order to combat the hardships that the queer student community faces.



Queer People of Color in Higher Education

Author : Joshua Moon Johnson

Publisher : IAP

Page : 230 pages

File Size : 45,55 MB

Release : 2017-07-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1681238837

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Queer People of Color in Higher Education (QPOC) is a comprehensive work discussing the lived experiences of queer people of color on college campuses. This book will create conversations and provide resources to best support students, faculty, and staff of color who are people of color and identify as LGBTQ. The edited volume covers emerging issues that are affecting higher education around the country. Leading researchers and practitioners have remarkable writing that concisely summarizes current literature while also adding new ways to address issues of injustice related to racism, sexism, homophobia, heterosexism, and transphobia. QPOC in Higher Education insightfully combines research with practical implications on services, systems, campus climate and ways to hostility, violence, and unrest on campuses. This book rises out of places of turmoil and pain and brings attention to broken systems on higher education. QPOC in Higher Education is a must?read for anyone who wants to transform their society, campus, or community into places that fully value the complex and beautiful intersections that our diverse communities come from. This book takes diversity to a deeper level and speaks from a social justice philosophy of looking big pictures at our systems and cultures instead of simply at our oppressed groups as the problems.



Ring by Spring

Author : Stacy Keogh George

Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers

Page : 116 pages

File Size : 17,17 MB

Release : 2019-08-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 153263563X

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The phrase "ring by spring" is used to describe students' desire to find a partner and become engaged before they graduate college. From where does this pressure come? Who is most impacted? What are the consequences of this culture? This book begins to explore this complicated dynamic that is unique to Christian colleges by describing the experiences of Christian college students and alumni. The author provides additional thoughts on how to support students overwhelmed by this culture, and how to foster positive relationships of all kinds on college campuses that too often make romantic relationships too serious too quickly.



College Greek Life

Author : Emily Ann Welter

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Page : 80 pages

File Size : 35,3 MB

Release : 2012

Category : College students

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Expanding the Circle

Author : John C. Hawley

Publisher : SUNY Press

Page : 369 pages

File Size : 25,36 MB

Release : 2015-01-08

Category : Education

ISBN : 1438454619

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Examines strategies and best practices that effectively integrate LGBTQ areas of teaching and research with student life activities. Many educational professionals agree that the time has come to expand their circle of inclusion and broaden their definition of diversity by increasing LGBTQ studies, but the question of how to do so is still debated. Although some colleges and universities have been incorporating LGBTQ studies for decades, courses and programs continue to be pockets of innovation rather than models of inclusion for all of higher education. Colleges and universities need to encourage faculty members to teach and research a wide range of LGBTQ topics, as well as support student life professionals in building inclusive campus communities. This book includes testimonies that alert educators to possible pitfalls and successes of their policies through an analysis of changing student attitudes. Based on these case studies, the contributors offer practical suggestions for the classroom and the provost’s office, demonstrating not only the gains that have been made by LGBTQ students and the institutions that serve them, but also the tensions that remain. “Expanding the Circle is a comprehensive overview of issues facing LGBTQ students in higher education in the US and those seeking to ‘queer the academy’ through incorporating LGBTQ content into curricula. It highlights problems we might not have imagined—a closeted gay man being harassed by those who are more ‘out’—and describes issues we would have hoped were history—faculty and staff telling students not to list a certificate in LGBTQ studies on a resume. This book presents proven strategies to create affirming institutions of higher learning in which students and faculty can be their full selves and study the contributions of LGBTQ people to the human experience.” — Sean Cahill, coauthor of LGBT Youth in America’s Schools



Gender and Sexual Diversity in U.S. Higher Education: Contexts and Opportunities for LGBTQ College Students

Author : Dafina-Lazarus Stewart

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 106 pages

File Size : 13,3 MB

Release : 2015-12-14

Category : Education

ISBN : 1119220238

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Since 2005, research on identity development, campus climate and policies, transgender issues, and institutional features such as type, leadership, and campus resources has broadened to encompass LGBTQ student engagement and success. This volume includes this enlarged body of research on LGBTQ students, taken in the context of widespread changes in public attitudes and public policies related to LGBTQ people, integrating scholarship and student affairs practice. Specific foci include: transgender identity development, understanding intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity with other salient identities such as faith/religion/spirituality, race, social class, and ability, and studies about LGBTQ students in special-mission institutions (for example, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, religiously affiliated institutions, or women’s colleges). This is the 152nd volume of this Jossey-Bass higher education quarterly series. An indispensable resource for vice presidents of student affairs, deans of students, student counselors, and other student services professionals, New Directions for Student Services offers guidelines and programs for aiding students in their total development: emotional, social, physical, and intellectual.



Rethinking LGBTQIA Students and Collegiate Contexts

Author : Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 328 pages

File Size : 27,61 MB

Release : 2019-09-20

Category : Education

ISBN : 0429824262

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Rethinking LGBTQIA Students and Collegiate Contexts situates and problematizes identity interaction, campus life, student experiences, and the effectiveness of services, programs, and policies affecting LGBTQIA college students at both two- and four-year institutions. This volume draws from intersectional and critical perspectives to explore the complex ways in which LGBTQIA identities are shaped, discussed, and researched in higher education spaces. Chapters provide student affairs and higher education scholars with theory and practice perspectives on sociopolitical and historical contexts, student learning and development, support services, and explore how higher education reflects society’s pervasive stereotypes and lack of awareness of LGBTQIA students’ identity development and needs.



Campus Climate for LGBTQ Students

Author : Rick Brown

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Page : 342 pages

File Size : 38,62 MB

Release : 2016

Category : College students

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As institutions of higher education have become increasingly cognizant of the need to ensure a welcoming campus climate for all members of their student populations, they have begun to undertake campus climate studies to assess student experiences and perceptions. While the majority of studies have been quantitative in nature, in-depth qualitative studies have been conducted in recent years. These studies have started to provide institutions with opportunities to really hear and understand the experiences of their students. The purpose of this study was to hear and understand the reported experiences of LGBTQ college students with campus climate at a mid-sized Mid-Atlantic university, with the hope that the institution will be able to utilize the data to help ensure as welcome a campus climate as possible. Four themes emerged from the interviews with the students: “I choose to disclose my identity (ies);” “I refuse to be bound by gender binaries;” “Can’t I be LGBTQ and religious;” and, “The importance of a physical and a symbolic space.” Based upon the themes, other findings, and the students’ descriptions of their experiences, recommendations for best practices are offered.