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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
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Herrick, Samantha J.; Lu, Weili; Bullock, Deanna – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2022
This study examined the relationship between acceptance of disability, perceived stigma of students on a college campus and adaptation to college for students with disabilities. One hundred forty-five surveys were collected from student participants via the disability support services offices at sixteen colleges or universities in the northeast…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Student Adjustment, Predictor Variables, Social Bias
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McGowan, Veronica F. – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2017
In order to explore themes of privilege in regard to policy availability, language accessibility, and underlying bias, policies related to two topics of interest to higher education campus visitors, campus firearm carry policy and smoking policy, are explored to determine how Web-based information is presented to various audiences. Implications of…
Descriptors: School Policy, Smoking, Weapons, Colleges
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Dirks, Doris Andrea – Review of Higher Education, 2016
This article examines the language used to discuss transgender people on university campuses. This study asks how, despite seemingly benefitting transgender people, the discourses carried by the documents that discuss trans people may actually undermine the intended goals of policy initiatives. For example, a report on the status of transgender…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, College Students, School Policy, Language Usage
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Whitmire, Ethelene – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2004
Using secondary data analyses, this study investigated the relationship between the campus racial climate and how 851 White and 252 students of color attending a midwestern Research I predominantly White institution perceived the academic libraries on campus. Results indicated that race-related aspects of the campus environment were correlated to…
Descriptors: African American Students, Racial Differences, Racial Composition, White Students