Today, the Student Affairs' bible, The Chronicle of Higher Education released some 'not so cute' news about LGBT students in colleges.
The report, "The 2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People," was based on a survey conducted by the Q Research Institute for Higher Education, which is run by the advocacy group Campus Pride in partnership with Iowa State and Pennsylvania State Universities. The survey drew on responses from 5,150 people—primarily those who described themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender but also heterosexual "allies"—in the spring of 2009 at about 100 institutions nationwide.
About a quarter of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer students and employees said they had experienced harassment, as did more than a third of transgender and "gender nonconforming" respondents, compared with 12 percent of heterosexuals.
Seventy percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer students and employees felt comfortable with the overall campus climate, the report says, a rate that was higher than that among transgender and gender-nonconforming respondents but lower than that of heterosexuals. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer students who were also members of racial minority groups felt less comfortable in their classes than did their white counterparts, and faculty members were more likely than were students and staff members to have considered leaving their institutions, the report says.
Not as bad as the high school reports, but it could be better.
1 comment:
Yes, college is not that cute in terms of LGBT's.
I went to a historically black college (TSU wha wha? haha)and while I did love the atmosphere homophobia was rampant...
I had professors who would express their anti-gay bias. Of course I reported them; however, they were not required to resign or anything...just keep their damn mouth shut.
It's ridic.
Post a Comment