The Impact of Campus Climate on Queer-Spectrum Student Academic Success

This study examines how campus climate directly affects academic success for queer-spectrum students. The linear regression analysis model with all independent variables explained 23% of the variance in academic success for queer-spectrum undergraduate students (p < 0.001). Three major constructs...

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Published inJournal of LGBT youth Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 89 - 105
Main Authors Garvey, Jason C, Squire, Dian D, Stachler, Brett, Rankin, Susan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 03.04.2018
Subjects
Academic Achievement
College Environment
Homosexuality
Likert Scales
Regression (Statistics)
Sexual Identity
Sexual Orientation
Social Attitudes
Social Bias
Statistical Analysis
Student Attitudes
Student Characteristics
Student Surveys
Success
Undergraduate Students
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Summary:This study examines how campus climate directly affects academic success for queer-spectrum students. The linear regression analysis model with all independent variables explained 23% of the variance in academic success for queer-spectrum undergraduate students (p < 0.001). Three major constructs related to campus climate significantly affected academic success for queer-spectrum undergraduate students, including students' comfort with campus climate (ß = 0.38, p < 0.001), institutional action perceptions (ß = 0.11, p < 0.001), and perceptions of campus climate (ß = 0.08, p < 0.01). In other words, students who had higher comfort with campus climate, greater ratings of institutional action perceptions for campus climate, and warmer perceptions of campus climate rated their academic success as higher.
ISSN:1936-1653
1936-1661
DOI:10.1080/19361653.2018.1429978