A Latina/o Campus Community's Readiness to Address Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns

Autor/inn/en	Rivera-Ramos, Zully A.; Oswald, Ramona F.; Buki, Lydia P.
Titel	A Latina/o Campus Community's Readiness to Address Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns
Quelle	In: Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 8 (2015) 2, S.88-103 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-8926
DOI	10.1037/a0038563
Schlagwörter	Homosexuality; Sexual Orientation; Sexual Identity; Hispanic American Students; College Students; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Educational Environment; Knowledge Level; Student Needs; School Responsibility; Readiness; Surveys; Scores; College Faculty; Leadership Responsibility; Planning; Social Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homosexualität; Sexuelle Orientierung; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Collegestudent; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Wissensbasis; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Fakultät; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung
Abstract	In response to the call for new and innovative methods of assessing campus climate (Worthington, 2008), the current study is the first to examine the readiness of a Latina/o campus community to address lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) concerns. Using the Community Readiness Model, data were collected through individual interviews with a total of 16 students, staff, and faculty from programs and organizations serving the Latina/o campus community. The 6 dimensions assessed included climate, knowledge of LGB concerns, knowledge of LGB efforts, leadership, resources, and efforts. Findings suggest that there is a mismatch between the current Latina/o LGB programming and the Latina/o campus community's stage of readiness to address LGB issues. Despite the fact that Latina/o LGB efforts had been developed for about a decade, the community was assessed to be at a vague awareness stage of readiness with regard to the dimensions of climate, knowledge of LGB concerns and efforts, and leadership. The resources dimension was found to be at the preplanning stage of readiness, whereas the efforts dimension was reported to be at the preparation stage by staff and faculty and at the initiation stage by students. Given the stage variability across dimensions, programming has to focus on the lowest stage of readiness obtained, namely vague awareness. Culturally sensitive recommendations for programming strategies that match the community's stage of readiness are presented. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01