Kristen Renn is a Professor of Higher, Adult, & Lifelong Education at Michigan State University with a background in student affairs administration, including inaugurating the role of LGBTQIA+ resource provider at Brown University, she has for the last 25 years focused her research on the identities, experiences, and development of minoritized students in higher education. She is co-PI of the National Study of LGBTQ Student Success, a two-phase study of LGBTQIA+ college students comprising a mixed methods survey/interview phase and a four-year longitudinal interview study conducted with LGBTQ students.
While there are more than 250 LGBTQIA+ centers across colleges and universities in the United States, there is still limited data available on LGBTQIA+ individuals on college campuses. In a 2020 survey from the Association of American Universities (AAU), which sampled more than 180,000 undergraduate and graduate students, approximately 17% of students identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, queer, or questioning. While LGBTQIA+ individuals on campuses are becoming more visible, there is still opportunity and work which needs to be done by leaders within higher education.
Learn more about CITI Program: https://about.citiprogram.org/
LGBTQ: Students on Campus: Issues and Opportunities for Higher Education Leaders: https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/84007/LGBTQStudentsCampus.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Kristen Renn is a Professor of Higher, Adult, & Lifelong Education at Michigan State University with a background in student affairs administration, including inaugurating the role of LGBTQIA+ resource provider at Brown University, she has for the last 25 years focused her research on the identities, experiences, and development of minoritized students in higher education. She is co-PI of the National Study of LGBTQ Student Success, a two-phase study of LGBTQIA+ college students comprising a mixed methods survey/interview phase and a four-year longitudinal interview study conducted with LGBTQ students.
While there are more than 250 LGBTQIA+ centers across colleges and universities in the United States, there is still limited data available on LGBTQIA+ individuals on college campuses. In a 2020 survey from the Association of American Universities (AAU), which sampled more than 180,000 undergraduate and graduate students, approximately 17% of students identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, queer, or questioning. While LGBTQIA+ individuals on campuses are becoming more visible, there is still opportunity and work which needs to be done by leaders within higher education.
Learn more about CITI Program: https://about.citiprogram.org/
LGBTQ: Students on Campus: Issues and Opportunities for Higher Education Leaders: https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/84007/LGBTQStudentsCampus.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y