Evaluating Campus Climate at US Research Universities: Opportunities for Diversity and Inclusion

515 Pages·2018·5.052 MB·English

by  Krista M. Soria

EDITED BY KRISTA M. SORIA
EVALUATING CAMPUS CLIMATE
AT US RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Evaluating Campus Climate at US Research
Universities
Krista M. Soria
Editor
Evaluating Campus
Climate at US
Research Universities
Opportunities for Diversity and Inclusion
Editor
Krista M. Soria
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-94835-5 ISBN 978-3-319-94836-2 (eBook)
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ontents
1 Campus Climate at Research Universities: 2012–2017 1
Krista M. Soria
2 Effects of Campus Climates for Diversity on College
GPA Among Latinx Students at Selective Universities:
An Examination by Gender, First-Generation College
Status, and Immigrant Status 25
Marla A. Franco and Young K. Kim
3 A Meta-analysis of Queer-Spectrum and Trans-Spectrum
Student Experiences at US Research Universities 49
Maren Greathouse, Allison BrckaLorenz, Mary Hoban,
Ronald Huesman Jr., Susan Rankin and Ellen Bara
Stolzenberg
4 Perceptions of Campus Climate at the Intersections
of Disability and LGBTQIA+ Identities 77
Ryan A. Miller and Sandra L. Dika
5 Students’ Perceptions of Campus Climate by Social
Class Background 103
Deborah M. Warnock, Allison L. Hurst, Will Barratt
and Jocelyn G. Salcedo
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6 Campus Climate for Students with Disabilities 125
Andrew L. Zehner
7 “Mi Familia”: Counterstories of First-Generation
Latina/x Students Navigating a Racially Hostile
Campus Climate 151
Stephen Santa-Ramirez
8 Reframing Campus Climate Data to Advocate for
Institutional Transformation, Praxis, and Activism
for LGBQQ+ College Students 169
Garrett D. Hoffman and Jonathan T. Pryor
9 The Effect of Student Perception of Campus Climate
for Diversity and Inclusion on Overall University
Experience: A Race/Ethnicity Comparison Study 185
Thapelo Ncube, Wayne Jacobson, Tilden Whitfield
and Conor McNamara
10 Perceptions of Campus Climate and Sense
of Belonging Among Non-immigrant,
First-Generation, and Second-Generation Students 209
Valera K. Hachey and Leigh S. McCallen
11 Racial Differences in the Effects of Campus Climate
on Sense of Belonging at Public Research Universities 233
Young K. Kim, Oscar Espinoza-Parra, Liz A. Rennick,
Marla A. Franco, Marie Christie Dam and Melody
Rensberger
12 International Students’ Experiences with Campus
Climate at Large, Public Research Universities 251
Krista M. Soria and G. Blue Brazelton
13 Vulnerable Populations at Public Research Universities:
Centering Sexual Violence Prevalence and Perceptions
of Campus Climate 277
Krystle Palma Cobian and Ellen Bara Stolzenberg
CONTENTS ix
14 Campus Climate for Diversity as Dialogue: Using
an Equity Lens to Center Students 307
Daniel W. Newhart and Emma L. Larkins
15 Patterns and Impacts of Racial and International
Student Disparities in Experiences of Campus
Climate, Academic Support, and Financial Conditions 327
Sarah K. Bruch, Inga Popovaite, Elizabeth Felix and
Matthew Anson
16 “It’s Cold in Here”: First-Generation Students
at American Research Universities 353
Seth C. Snyder and Jennifer Trost
17 Necessary yet Insufficient: Contextualizing Trans*
Identities in Campus Climate Research 373
finn j. schneider, Qui D. Alexander and Tania D. Mitchell
18 Much Discussion, Not Much Change: Perceptions of
Campus Climate Continue to Differ Along
Racial Lines 395
Arien B. Telles and Tania D. Mitchell
19 High-Impact Practices for Student Engagement
in the Research University 409
Bryant L. Hutson and Lynn E. Williford
20 Learning About Difference in the Classroom and
Students’ Views of the Campus Climate for Diversity 433
Eugene T. Parker III and Teniell L. Trolian
21 Learning to Change Campus Climate: Insights from
an Action Research Study 451
Leonard Taylor, Sasānēhsaeh Pyawasay, LaTecia Yarbrough,
Ricky Urgo and Jenna Hensley
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22 Exploring the Relationship Between Service-Learning
and Perceptions of Campus Climate 471
Isabel Lopez, Wei Song, Anthony Schulzetenberg,
Andrew Furco and Geoffrey Maruyama
Index 487
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otes on ontributors
Qui D. Alexander is a doctoral student in Education, Curriculum, and
Instruction with a focus on Culture and Teaching at the University of
Minnesota. With a background in community education and organizing,
his scholarship focuses on the impacts of carceral logic in the criminaliza-
tion of queer and trans youth of color.
Matthew Anson serves as the Assistant Director for Academic Planning
and Analysis and Ph.D. student in the Higher Education and Student
Affairs program at the University of Iowa. His office supports cam-
pus-wide efforts to include institutional information in decision-making
processes. His office supports the administration, coordination, and anal-
ysis of the SERU survey at the University of Iowa.
Will Barratt is Professor of Educational Administration at Roi Et
Rajabhat University, Thailand, and Coffman Distinguished Professor
Emeritus, Department of Educational Leadership, Indiana State
University. He has been researching, writing, presenting, and blogging
about social class issues in higher education since 2006. His service activ-
ities have been to use campus data sets to inform recruiting and reten-
tion practices on campuses, with a focus on diversity. He is the author
of Social Class on Campus (2011) and a blog of the same name. He cur-
rently teaches Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral students about research
and leadership in education.
G. Blue Brazelton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Educational Leadership at Northern Arizona University. Dr. Brazelton
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