The Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Student's Guide to Colleges, Universities, and Graduate Schools - Hardcover

9780814779842: The Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Student's Guide to Colleges, Universities, and Graduate Schools
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A wake-up call to all of us who work with college-aged and college-bound students. For teachers like me, it is a forceful reminder of how we have failed to be effective role models for our sexually diverse student bodies. For administrators it will serve as an alarm on how hate and violence persist on campuses and on how little has been done to serve lesbian, gay, and bisexual students. But mostly it is a welcomed note of change. No longer will gay, lesbian, and bisexual students have to trust to chance or the local grapevine for information about the sexual atmospheres of colleges. Now they can finally vote with their pocketbooks on what kind of school they wish to attend. I applaud Sherrill and Hardesty on filling this long-standing need.

David Bergman, author of Gaiety Transfigured: Gay Self-Representation in American Literature. Now for the first time, there is a college guide written specifically for the largest under-recognized minority within our country's student population. The authors polled thousands of individuals and groups, centering their survey on the question,Would you recommend your school to other lesbian, bisexual and gay people? The result: profiles of life at 175 institutions nationwide, with specific information on the climate and special services for gay, lesbian and bisexual students and the prevalence of anti-gay violence and harassment.

Studies estimate that 1 in 6 college students is gay, lesbian, or bisexual. The presence, role, and acceptance of these students has received much attention in recent years. Yet there exists no resource by which they can judge the climate at the nation's schools. The first book to evaluate the college and university experiences of gay, lesbian, and bisexual students, this volume gives voice to the largest under-recognized minority on the nation's campuses.

Based on the results of a questionnaire that was sent to several thousand individuals and groups nationwide, the guide supplies information on how colleges respond to gay, lesbian, and bisexual students, what services students are offered, and what the atmosphere is for them at these institutions. Most importantly, students were asked whether or not they would recommend their schools to other lesbian, bisexual and gay people. Also for the first time, information from students all across the country regarding victimization by anti-gay violence and harassment is collected here, revealing a victimization rate nearly three times the national average for students in college.

Containing information on over 175 institutions, this book will be a vital resource to transfer students, high school seniors deciding upon a college, graduate school applicants, administrators, guidance counselors, faculty, admissions officers, students affairs offices, and parents.

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The founding Director of the National Campus Violence Prevention Center at Towson State University, Jan-Mitchell Sherrill is currently Assistant Dean of Students at The George Washington University. His work on campus violence, featured on ABC's Good Morning America, NBC's A Closer Look, and National Public Radio, has been recognized nationally.

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It is difficult, if not impossible, to determine which campuses have climates that are friendly to gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. This guide is a good first step, even though the institutions included are only those for which the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force provided mailing labels. There are omissions, such as the University of Illinois at Chicago, which is very proactive.

Information was provided by students through a questionnaire. It would be interesting to learn how administrators would have answered the same questions. This is not a detailed guide to gay studies or social activities. It provides a narrative for each institution that states the students' views on such things as the college's position on gays, lesbians, and bisexuals; housing for couples; homophobia; student groups; cultural contribution of these groups; HIV testing and safer-sex education; and courses taught that address these orientations. Each narrative ends with a statement on whether the respondents recommend the institution to other gays, lesbians, and bisexuals.

Unfortunately, there is no indication of the date of the survey, nor how many respondents there were for each institution--the opinions of one or two people have less credibility than that of many. Finally, it would have been easier to understand each institution's position if the majority of the information were in tabular form with a brief descriptive paragraph. Repeating the same phrases is not the most efficient way to present facts: "Students define .ÿ20.ÿ20. ," "The respondents are involved in .ÿ20.ÿ20. ," and "All of the respondents recommend .ÿ20.ÿ20. " are some of the phrases that are used again and again in each entry.

Since there are no books available that provide information about campuses that are comfortable for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, this guide is a start. It is recommended for public, high school, and academic libraries.

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  • PublisherNYU Press
  • Publication date1994
  • ISBN 10 0814779840
  • ISBN 13 9780814779842
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages1

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