3/24/2018 FACILITATORS QUEER AND GENDER VARIANT STUDENTS: EXPLORING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FOR INCREASINGLY Allison BrckaLorenz , Center for Postsecondary Research (Indiana University) DIVERSE POPULATIONS Maren Greathouse , Tyler Clementi Center (Rutgers University) AAC&U’s 2018 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Democracy: The Inconvenient Truths Conference Jillian Kinzie , Center for Postsecondary Research (Indiana University) Ellen Bara Stolzenberg , Higher Education Research Institute (UCLA) HIGHER EDUCATION’S CIVIC MISSION CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITMENTS • Strengthen and deepen Massachusetts civic learning Adopts Nation’s 1st Statewide Civic • Enhance civic engagement Learning Policy experiences 2014 • Ensure students graduate prepared to be CSULA students must the informed, engaged citizens that our 1985 take 2 civic learning courses for GE communities and democracy need 2016 2012 STUDENT LEADERSHIP PRE-COLLEGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 1
3/24/2018 COLLEGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Penn State students waiting to cast their ballots in the 2016 presidential election. CIVIC ISSUES: QUEER & GENDER VARIANT STUDENTS 2
3/24/2018 What expressions of civic engagement are happening on your campus? WITHIN SOGI IDENTIFICATIONS What issues are prominent for queer and NSSE 2017; 636 INSTITUTIONS 169,736 FIRST-YEARS; 212,804 SENIORS gender variant students? Sexual Orientation Gender Identity N = 28,776 N = 1571 2 Nonbinary Bisexual 5 4 9 Gay Genderfluid 8 12 31 Questioning 45 Another GI 10 Lesbian 14 Agender Queer 11 Pansexual Transgender 17 17 15 Asexual Genderqueer CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: 2017 CIRP FRESHMAN SURVEY PRE-COLLEGE ACTIVITIES Queer-spectrum Students • 52 nd administration N=13,045 Demonstrated for a cause (e.g., 53% Demonstrated for a cause (e.g., 53% • 213 four-year institutions boycott, rally, protest) 26% boycott, rally, protest) 28% Publicly communicated my Publicly communicated my • 156,702 incoming freshmen 36% 43% opinion about a cause opinion about a cause 15% 17% 12% 16% (Frequently only) (Frequently only) Gay Discussed politics (Frequently 60% Discussed politics (Frequently 59% 9% only) 37% only) 39% Lesbian 9% • 896 Transgender students Bisexual 64% 57% Voted in a student election Voted in a student election 67% 67% Queer • 13,045 Queer-spectrum students Other 86% 84% Performed volunteer work Performed volunteer work 89% 54% 88% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Queer-spectrum Straight Transgender Not Transgender CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: LEADERSHIP & SERVICE-LEARNING LIKELIHOOD OF COLLEGE PARTICIPATION DONE OR IN PROGRESS 80% 80% Participate in volunteer or Participate in volunteer or 85% 81% community service work (Some community service work (Some 59% 59% 81% 82% or very good chance) or very good chance) 60% 53% 60% 49% Participate in student Participate in student 37% 31% government (Some or very good government (Some or very good 40% 40% 32% 36% 36% 30% chance) chance) 26% 26% Participate in student Participate in student 65% 62% 20% 20% clubs/groups (Very good clubs/groups (Very good 56% 57% chance) chance) 0% 0% Vote in a local, state, or national 74% Vote in a local, state, or national 71% Formal leadership Service-learning in Formal leadership Service-learning in election (Very good chance ) 63% election (Very good chance ) 64% role courses role courses 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Queer-spectrum Straight Gender variant Cisgender Queer-spectrum Straight Transgender Not Transgender 3
3/24/2018 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CONSTRUCT SOCIAL & POLITICAL GOALS: GROUP SCORES VERY IMPORTANT OR ESSENTIAL 100% 100% 41% 41% 90% 90% Influencing the political structure Influencing the political structure 28% 29% 80% High 40% 80% High 42% 70% 70% 62% 64% Keeping up to date with political 65% Keeping up to date with political 71% affairs 51% affairs 50% 60% 60% 50% 50% 62% 64% Influencing social values Influencing social values 40% 42% 40% 49% 50% 41% Average Average 30% 30% 28% 27% 71% Helping to promote racial Helping to promote racial 69% 20% 20% understanding understanding 50% 52% 10% Low 18% 10% Low 17% 9% 10% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 0% 0% Queer-spectrum Straight Transgender Not Transgender Queer-spectrum Straight Transgender Not Transgender CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: SOCIAL AGENCY CONSTRUCT STATE, NATIONAL, OR GLOBAL ISSUES GROUP SCORES VERY OFTEN OR OFTEN 100% 100% 77% 83% Informed yourself of issues Informed yourself of issues 90% 90% 64% 65% 38% 39% 80% High 80% High 74% 78% 47% 51% Discussed issues with others Discussed issues with others 57% 59% 70% 70% 43% 52% 60% 60% Raised awareness of issues Raised awareness of issues 27% 29% 50% 50% Asked others to address 35% Asked others to address 51% 40% 43% 40% 43% Average Average issues 20% issues 22% 39% 36% 30% 30% Organized others to work Organized others to work 16% 22% 20% 20% on issues 11% on issues 11% 10% Low 19% 10% Low 18% 14% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 13% 0% 0% Queer-spectrum Straight Gender variant Cisgender Queer-spectrum Straight Transgender Not Transgender N=2188 N=106 DIVERSITY SELF-RATINGS: CONFLICT RESOLUTION MAJOR STRENGTHS POOR TO EXCELLENT 7 7 Ability to work cooperatively 63% Ability to work cooperatively 58% 6 6 5.4 with diverse people 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3 56% with diverse people 57% 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.9 5 5 4 4 Ability to discuss and negotiate 44% Ability to discuss and negotiate 39% controversial issues controversial issues 35% 36% 3 3 2 2 Openness to having my own 33% 29% Openness to having my own views challenged 29% views challenged 30% 1 1 Help people Resolve conflicts Lead a group in Contribute to the Help people Resolve conflicts Lead a group in Contribute to the resolve their that involve bias, which people well-being of your resolve their that involve bias, which people well-being of your Ability to see the world from 43% Ability to see the world from 40% disagreements discrimination, from different community disagreements discrimination, from different community with each other and prejudice backgrounds feel with each other and prejudice backgrounds feel someone else's perspective 33% someone else's perspective 35% welcomed and welcomed and included included 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Queer-spectrum Straight Gender variant Cisgender Queer-spectrum Straight Transgender Not Transgender 4
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