LGBTQ Community College Students' Decreased Sense of Belonging

Autor/inn/en	Falco, Joseph; Sparrow, Michael
Titel	LGBTQ Community College Students' Decreased Sense of Belonging
Quelle	In: New York Journal of Student Affairs, 23 (2023) 1, Artikel 3 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	LGBTQ People; Community College Students; College Environment; Student School Relationship; Success; Social Bias; Mental Health; Barriers; Low Achievement; Administrator Qualifications; Teacher Competencies; Student Personnel Services; Inclusion + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community colleges; College students; Community College; Collegestudent; Hochschulumwelt; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Erfolg; Psychohygiene; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Lehrkunst; Inklusion
Abstract	LGBTQ students experience a lower sense of belonging at community colleges. The correlation between campus and classroom climate and academic success, campus involvement, identity, level of outness, and well-being for LGBTQ students contributes to their decreased sense of belonging. Non-LGBTQ-affirming and non-inclusive community college campuses and classrooms lead to feelings of fear, invisibility, lack of validation, mental health challenges, and poor academic performance for LGBTQ students. An extensive literature review was conducted to determine the root causes around the decreased sense of belonging for LGBTQ students enrolled at community colleges. Three themes emerged that explained this decreased sense of belonging: heteronormative and cisnormative campus and classroom climates; a lack of LGBTQ-specific training for administrators, faculty, and staff; and a lack of LGBTQ-specific programming and services on campus. Creating a campus-wide administrator, faculty, staff, and student LGBTQ Task Force and promoting the affirmation, inclusion, safety, and visibility of LGBTQ students may help ameliorate the diminished sense of belonging experienced by LGBTQ students on community college campuses. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Stony Brook University, State University of New York. On behalf of the College Student Personnel Association of New York State.100 Nicholls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794. Tel: 631-632-7066; e-mail: hea_nyjsa@stonybrook.edu; Web site: https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/nyjsa/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01