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Ciszek, Matthew P. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2011
This article explores the relationship between the perceived campus environment for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) students at colleges and universities and how academic libraries have deployed GLBT-related resources on the Web. Recommendations are made for increasing GLBT-related materials and information in academic libraries.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Environment, Homosexuality, Sexual Identity
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Shen, Xi; Tian, Xianghong – Higher Education Studies, 2012
Academic culture of universities mainly consists of academic outlooks, academic spirits, academic ethics and academic environments. Campus culture in a university is characterized by individuality, academic feature, opening, leading, variety and creativity. The academic culture enhances the construction of campus culture. The campus culture…
Descriptors: Campuses, Universities, School Culture, Institutional Mission
Underhill, Dyan Whitlow – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Multiple incidents of postsecondary school shooting violence have occurred in American society--prompting concern about safety on college campuses, administrators' roles in prevention, and proactive and responsible bystander actions. Active shooter plans have become more established in educational environments, with efforts are directed…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, College Environment, Administrator Role
Robinson, Thomas E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Interracial interactions between college students are responsible for important learning outcomes, however many colleges and universities have failed to purposefully encourage students to interact across racial backgrounds. As a result of a lack purposefully facilitated cross-racial interactions (CRIs), fewer interracial interactions occur on U.S.…
Descriptors: White Students, Asian American Students, Racial Relations, Phenomenology
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Quaye, Stephen John – Journal of College Student Development, 2012
Race is a difficult topic to discuss openly within college and university settings. Postsecondary educators who wish to facilitate dialogues about race and racism among students must take necessary steps to prepare for these discussions. Using data from a qualitative case study, this article discusses the strategies that educators employed to…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Environment, Race, Racial Attitudes
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Ottenritter, Nan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This article provides a framework for understanding and supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered students in community colleges. It should be noted that many of the understandings and structural supports often apply to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) faculty and staff as well. The study is based upon…
Descriptors: Caring, Campuses, Community Colleges, Homosexuality
US Department of Education, 2016
Campus security and safety is an important feature of postsecondary education. The Department of Education is committed to assisting schools in providing students nationwide a safe environment in which to learn and to keep students, parents and employees well informed about campus security. These goals were advanced by the Crime Awareness and…
Descriptors: School Safety, College Environment, Guides, Compliance (Legal)
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Gibbs, Paul – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2010
Heidegger's early works provide his most important contribution to our understanding of being, while his discussion of the effects of technology on that being in his later works is one of his best known contributions. I use his phenomenological approach to understanding the workplace and then, from a range of potential applications, choose to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Phenomenology, Work Environment, College Environment
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Schreiner, Laurie A.; Nelson, Denise D. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
This study of nearly 30,000 undergraduates at 61 four-year public and private institutions examines the influence of satisfaction on students' persistence in college. Data were collected using the Student Satisfaction Inventory (Schreiner & Juillerat, 1994) and were analyzed by class level. The hierarchical multiple regression analyses…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Academic Persistence, Undergraduate Students, Public Colleges
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Warwick, Philip; Moogan, Yvonne J. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
Using an exploratory methodology, this paper compares the internationalisation strategies of two groups of UK universities and the views of staff groups at those institutions. It moves beyond an examination of teaching and learning initiatives developed by enthusiastic supporters of internationalisation. Instead it aims to throw some light on what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Colleges, Program Implementation
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Hathcoat, John D.; Cho, Yoonjung; Kim, Sungah – Journal of College and Character, 2013
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate psychometric evidence for the Perceived Collegiate Religious Dissonance Scale among calibration ("n" = 425) and validation ("n" = 326) samples of self-identified Christian undergraduate students. Perceived collegiate religious dissonance is defined as emotional tension resultant…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Undergraduate Students, Christianity, Factor Analysis
Wann, Chelsea Guillermo – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As the expanding post-civil rights multiracial population is likely to transform the demographics of American colleges and universities, its perceived growth is also misused to advance neo-conservative agendas and post-racial views about the declining significance of race. Politicized issues around multiraciality frame and impact the campus…
Descriptors: Multiracial Persons, College Environment, Models, Race
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Jackson, Regine; Sweeney, Kathryn; Welcher, Adria – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2014
This article examines student perceptions of racial segregation on campus in terms of interaction across racial groups. Theories of colorblind racial ideology are used to interpret data from 14 group interviews focusing on 1.) the degree to which cross-group interaction is desired, 2.) perceptions of racial separation among students at a…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Racial Relations, Undergraduate Students, Ideology
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Manning, Patricia; Pring, Lauren; Glider, Peggy – Journal of College and Character, 2014
While it is widely recognized that campus climate can have a profound impact on students' academic performance, mental/behavioral health, and character development, campus is not experienced equally across identity groups. For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and asexual (LGBTQA) students, campus often includes added…
Descriptors: College Environment, School Culture, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation
Wedemeyer, Rose Anna – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The objective of this study was to examine how Latina/o students perceive and describe their experiences at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The following research questions were addressed: 1. What does a large scale study of student experiences reveal about Latina/o experiences in HSIs? 2. How do Latina/o students attending an HSI describe their…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Student Experience, Mixed Methods Research
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