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Direct linkGuillermo Ortega; Berenice Sánchez – Journal of College Student Development, 2024
Despite the growth of attention on racial engagement in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), limited studies have examined Latinx college athletes' participation in activism. Guided by the student leader activist identity continuum framework, this qualitative study interviewed seven NCAA Division I Latinx college athletes to…
Descriptors: Student Athletes, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Student Attitudes
Download full textRosati, Carli; Nguyen, David J.; Troyer, Rose; Tran, Quan; Graman, Zachary; Brenckle, Joseph – College Student Affairs Journal, 2019
This study examines student activists' interactions with student affairs professionals. Guided by Schlossberg's (1989) marginality and mattering framework, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 student activists. Student activists experienced marginalization in three ways (1) misperceptions of student organizing, (2) not feeling heard,…
Descriptors: College Students, Activism, Student Personnel Services, Interaction
Arellano, Lucy; Vue, Rican – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2019
Recent student protests highlight the institutional neglect of students of color and helped to shape a national discourse on racism in higher education. This study uses critical discourse analysis to examine discourses of campus racial climate that surround a student-led speak-out at a university in the Pacific Northwest. Based on analyses of 38…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Racial Bias, College Environment, Violence
Kristen N. Wong – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Cultural centers on college and university campuses in the U.S. are deeply connected to student activism such that institutions were prompted by protests staged by Black, Asian American, and Latinx students to establish the first ethnic-specific centers in the 1970s and the first multicultural centers in the 1980s. Similar to their predecessors…
Descriptors: Activism, Predominantly White Institutions, Cultural Centers, Minority Group Students
Morgan, Demetri L. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2022
Based on intensive interviews with 39 participants across four geographically and politically diverse public institutions, this study describes the concept of "student political fluency," the core category developed using constructivist grounded theory. The development of political fluency reflects the expertise a student has based on…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Grounded Theory
Foste, Zak – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2019
The purpose of this article was to examine how Whiteness functions to underwrite and maintain racially hostile campus climates. Utilizing narrative inquiry, results illuminate two rhetorical devices that White students utilized to rationalize and justify the racial status quo: Narratives of Campus Racial Harmony and Narratives of Imposition.…
Descriptors: White Students, Racial Relations, College Environment, Racial Bias
Linder, Chris; Quaye, Stephen John; Stewart, Terah J.; Okello, Wilson K.; Roberts, Ricky Ericka – Journal of College Student Development, 2019
Using a critical framework and narrative inquiry, we highlight the experiences of 26 student activists engaged in identity-based activism and resistance. Specifically, we sought to examine the role of power and identity in activists' efforts to address inequities in campus environments. Identity-based activism and resistance includes efforts to…
Descriptors: College Students, Activism, Identification (Psychology), Power Structure
Chambers, Crystal R.; Crumb, Loni – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2021
The emotional labor of organizing, leading, or participating in campus protests may affect Black students' involvement in social justice activism at rural, predominantly White, higher education institutions. In this study, we examined the experiences and reflections of three Black students who engaged in a Black Lives Matter-inspired protest at a…
Descriptors: African American Students, Activism, Social Justice, Rural Schools
Hughes, Bryce E. – American Educational Research Journal, 2020
The campus climate for LGBQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer) communities in higher education has improved, but not necessarily at religiously affiliated institutions. This case study explores how faculty, staff, and students at a Jesuit, Catholic university address LGBQ issues through interviews, participant observation, and document review.…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Universities, LGBTQ People, Social Problems
Mwangi, Chrystal A. George; Daoud, Nina; Peralta, Alicia; Fries-Britt, Sharon – Journal of College Student Development, 2019
Using critical consciousness as a framework, we investigated how the predominantly White institution (PWI) environment plays a role in Black immigrant students' engagement with race, racism, and race-based activism in the United States. Findings from this qualitative study demonstrate that Black immigrant students' positive and negative…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Activism, Consciousness Raising, Immigrants
Enriquez, Laura E.; Chavarria, Karina; Rodriguez, Victoria E.; Ayón, Cecilia; Ellis, Basia D.; Hagan, Melissa J.; Jefferies, Julián; Lara, Jannet; Morales Hernandez, Martha; Murillo, Enrique G.; Nájera, Jennifer R.; Offidani-Bertrand, Carly; Oropeza Fujimoto, Maria; Ro, Annie; Rosales, William E; Sarabia, Heidy; Soltero López, Ana K.; Valadez, Mercedes; Valdez, Zulema; Velarde Pierce, Sharon – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2021
Prior research has established that undocumented immigrant experiences are dynamic, reflecting the complex web of immigration-related policies that create legal vulnerability. As such, undocumented college students' experiences must be situated in their current policy context. Drawing on descriptive analyses of a survey of 1,277 undocumented…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, College Students, At Risk Students, Student Experience
Cole, Brian E. – Christian Higher Education, 2014
This study contributes to the understanding of the structural and cultural influences of Christian college environments on student activism through the framework of symbolic interactionism (Blumer, 1969; Mead, 1934). The goal of this research was to examine how the students at Christian institutions understand and engage in activism within their…
Descriptors: Activism, Student Participation, Christianity, Church Related Colleges
Clarke, Rebecca Jean Grandstaff – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation provides insight into students' and alumnae's experiences during the transition and legal proceedings as their former college for women transitioned to coeducation. Previous research on the transition of single-sex colleges to coeducation has primarily examined the process from an organizational perspective. This study focuses on…
Descriptors: Crime, Activism, Females, Coeducation
Broadhurst, Christopher; Martin, Georgianna L. – Journal of College and Character, 2014
Using data from the Wabash National Study, authors examine how students' perceptions of campus climate influence growth in students' social and political activism. The goal of this article is to determine to what extent, if any, students' perceptions of the campus environment affect their orientation toward social/political activism over 4 years…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Environment, Environmental Influences, Activism
Paulsen, Michael B., Ed. – Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 2014
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, College Faculty, Activism
