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The Influence of Campus Climate and Interfaith Engagement on Self-Authored Worldview Commitment and Pluralism Orientation across Sexual and Gender Identities
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Rockenbach, Alyssa N.; Riggers-Piehl, Tiffani A.; Garvey, Jason C.; Lo, Marc A.; Mayhew, Matthew J. – Research in Higher Education, 2016
This study examined the extent to which LGBT students were oriented toward pluralism and self-authored worldview commitment, as well as the conditional effects of campus climate and interfaith engagement on pluralism and worldview commitment by sexual orientation and gender identity. Drawing on data from 13,776 student respondents to the Campus…
Descriptors: World Views, Religious Cultural Groups, Intergroup Relations, Campuses
Achievement or Arrest? The Influence of the Collegiate Religious and Spiritual Climate on Students' Worldview Commitment
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Mayhew, Matthew J.; Bryant, Alyssa N. – Research in Higher Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between the collegiate religious, spiritual, and ideological climate and worldview commitment. As part of this process, 1,071 students responded to the Collegiate Religious and Spiritual Climate Survey, an empirically validated and reliable measure designed to assess dimensions of a…
Descriptors: College Environment, Religion, Ideology, Religious Factors
A Test of Leading Explanations for the College Racial-Ethnic Achievement Gap: Evidence from a Longitudinal Case Study
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Martin, Nathan D.; Spenner, Kenneth I; Mustillo, Sarah A. – Research in Higher Education, 2017
In this study, we examined racial/ethnic differences in grade point average (GPA) among students at a highly selective, private university who were surveyed before matriculation and during the first, second and fourth college years, and assessed prominent explanations for the Black-White and Latino-White college achievement gap. We found that…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Racial Differences, Ethnic Groups, Grade Point Average
When Race and Class Both Matter: The Relationship between Socioeconomic Diversity, Racial Diversity, and Student Reports of Cross-Class Interaction
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Park, Julie J.; Denson, Nida – Research in Higher Education, 2013
This paper delves into a facet of socioeconomic diversity relatively unaddressed in the literature: student reports of cross-class interaction ("reported CCI"). Previous research has found that student interaction across social class is a significant predictor of cross-racial interaction, but it is unknown whether the actual…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Social Class, Race, Interaction
Examining the Effects of Stress and Campus Climate on the Persistence of Students of Color and White Students: An Application of Bean and Eaton's Psychological Model of Retention
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Johnson, Dawn R.; Wasserman, Timothy H.; Yildirim, Nilay; Yonai, Barbara A. – Research in Higher Education, 2014
The current study examined the effects of stress and campus climate perceptions on the persistence decisions of students of color and White students using Bean and Eaton's (2000) Psychological Model of College Student Retention. A sample of first-year students (N = 1,491) at a predominantly White research university were survey enduring their…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, College Environment, Minority Group Students, White Students
The Influence of Institutional Retention Climates on Student Persistence to Degree Completion: A Multilevel Approach
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Oseguera, Leticia; Rhee, Byung Shik – Research in Higher Education, 2009
Using multi-institutional data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's (CIRP) annual survey of entering freshmen, the Higher Education Research Institute's (HERI) Faculty Surveys, campus registrars' offices, and IPEDS data, we evaluated the extent to which peer institutional retention climates and faculty perceived campus climates…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, College Environment, Student Surveys, College Freshmen