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Mississippi's 2011 Concealed Carry Law: Analyzing Reported Criminality among Mississippi's Public Community Colleges
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Doss, Daniel Adrian; McElreath, David Hughes; Gokaraju, Balakrishna; Mallory, Stephen L.; Tesiero, Raymond; Taylor, Linda; Hong, Qiuqi; Jones, Don; McElreath, Leisa Stuart; Parker, McKenzie – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2020
This study examined differences in reported campus criminality on selected community college campuses in the years between 2005 and 2016 representing the years preceding and succeeding the implementation of Mississippi's 2011 concealed carry legislation. Each campus included in this study is a public-funded community college in Mississippi. Using…
Descriptors: Crime, Community Colleges, College Environment, Weapons
Student Food Insecurity and the Social Equity Pillar of Campus Sustainability
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White, Stacey Swearingen – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2020
Purpose: College and university campuses serve as a vital test bed for sustainability solutions of various types. To date, though, campus sustainability efforts have focused more on the environmental and economic aspects of sustainability, with less attention to its social aspects. This paper aims to draw on a study of student food insecurity to…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Social Justice, College Environment
Administrator Perspectives on the Relationship between Campus Environments and Campus Visits and Student College Choice and Persistence
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Secore, Scott – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2019
The reasons a student may choose to enroll and matriculate at a particular postsecondary institution are many. Yet a sense of belonging and a strong emotional connection often supply all the incentive students need. Campus environments play a central role in the college choice process as the ecology, climate, and culture of an institution…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Environment, College Choice, Academic Persistence
A Study of Progression: Exploring the Academic and Social Experiences of Successful Latinas at the University of Kansas
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Porras, Precious Heart – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study explores the social and academic experiences of Latinas at the University of Kansas, with an aim at understanding how these experiences impact their progression to degree. Literature on progression to degree of Hispanic students has historically come from a deficit point of view, while this study is focused on student success. In…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Females, Student Experience, Social Experience
The Campus Sexual Assault Policy and Prevention Initiative: Findings from Key Informant Interviews
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Backman, Deborah; Spear, Kaitlin; Mumford, Elizabeth A.; Taylor, Bruce G. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Addressing the widespread problem of sexual assault in college environments requires both prevention programming and policies addressing sexual misconduct in institutions of higher education. Through the Campus Sexual Assault Policy and Prevention Initiative, nine programs funded by the Office on Women's Health approached this problem within a…
Descriptors: Crime, Sexual Abuse, Rape, College Environment
Perception of Personal Civic Responsibility among Undergraduate Students at the University of Kansas
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Everhart, Clinton Dale – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study identified predictors of student perceptions of personal civic responsibility (civic-mindedness) among undergraduate students at the University of Kansas (KU). Using KU-specific data from the 2015 Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL), relationships between student interaction with specific components of the KU institutional…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Citizenship Responsibility