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Trends: Left at the Door to the Residence Hall--Religious, Secular, and Spiritual Identities and the Missing Engagement with Housing and Residential Life
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Nielsen, J. Cody; Sajkich, Steven V. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2022
Religious, secular, and spiritual identities (RSSIs) are an important aspect of the complex experiences of students in higher education. Often dismissed or forgotten by higher education professionals, RSSIs have shifted drastically over the 20+ years since Love and Talbot first wrote about them in 1999. While scholarship on RSSIs has steadily…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Religious Factors, Religion, Spiritual Development
The Epidemiology of Recent Alcohol Use among a National Sample of Middle Eastern College Students
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Yockey, R. Andrew; King, Keith A.; Vidourek, Rebecca A. – Journal of Drug Education, 2020
Alcohol use among college students is a national health concern. The epidemiology of alcohol use among Middle Eastern college students remains to be investigated. This study sought to understand the epidemiology of recent alcohol use among Middle Eastern college students. We use data from the 2017 to 2018 Healthy Minds Study to identify predictors…
Descriptors: College Students, Epidemiology, Drinking, Predictor Variables
The Coming out Process among Non-Religious Undergraduate Students: Implications for Residence Life Professionals
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Harrington, Michael A.; Jacob, Stacy A.; Harbert, Amy Benoit; Saiid, Leticia – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2014
Non-religious college students can feel marginalized and isolated on college and university campuses when they feel they are being misunderstood or judged. This article explores the process of their revealing their non-religious status, or coming out, to others. Researchers interviewed 17 student members of a secular student group at a large…
Descriptors: Religion, Beliefs, Religious Factors, Interviews
Spiritual Exchange in Pluralistic Contexts: Sharing Narratives across Worldview Differences
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Rockenbach, Alyssa Bryant; Bachenheimer, Aaron; Conley, Abigail Holland; Grays, Shaefny – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2014
Grounded in narrative inquiry, this study explored the ways in which graduate and undergraduate students representing different worldview identities come together in dyads to share stories that reflect their existential and spiritual development. The study revealed two contrasting types of exchange: (1) deep, personal exchanges that involved a…
Descriptors: Religion, College Students, Student Diversity, Graduate Students
Profile of U.S.C. Entering Freshmen, Fall, 1977. Research Notes No. 35-78.
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Fidler, Paul P.; Schnackenberg, Lucretia – 1978
During the 1977 fall orientation a questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education (ACE) was administered to about 75 percent of the entering freshman class at the University of South Carolina. The study was part of ACE's ongoing national study, part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. An analysis of the results is made,…
Descriptors: Age, Cohort Analysis, College Choice, College Freshmen
The Law of Higher Education, 1997 Supplement. Third Edition.
Kaplin, William A.; Lee, Barbara A. – 1998
This 1997 supplement to "The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Lead Implications of Administrative Decision Making, Third Edition" (1995) (ED 383 256), includes discussions of court opinions, statutes, regulations, and related developments, and cites selected law journal articles, books, and other resources concerning the legal…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accreditation (Institutions), Activism, Administrator Responsibility