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LGBTQ students fare better at Christian colleges, CCCU says
May 21, 2021
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Researchers agree LGBTQ students often struggle with isolation, loneliness and fear of assault while in college.
But the Council For Christian Colleges & Universities insists a comparison of two independent studies reveals LGBTQ students have better experiences at faith-based institutions than their peers in American universities overall.
The CCCU an international association of more than 180 Christian schools compared data from a 2018 national analysis by Rutgers University with a recent College Pulse study commission by the Religious Exemption Accountability Project.
In March, REAP filed a class-action suit against the U.S. Department of Education on behalf of 33 plaintiffs. In
COVID-19 caused people to lose the normalcy in their lives, and not being grounded in routines results in “this ongoing sense of uncertainty that can really have a toll on the body,” Early explains. “It’s like having windows open on your computer draining the battery. It’s draining to us, and we don’t know what’s going on.”
The survey, taken by 2,002 college students between April 28 and May 2, reveals new lifestyle routines since the pandemic started that could negatively impact overall health. For example:
45 percent have fallen into less structured eating routines, eating whenever they are hungry, and 38 percent have regularly missed meals during the pandemic because they are less hungry or are more stressed.
Racial justice has gotten renewed attention in the past year, both within campus environments (even those functioning remotely) and in surrounding communities. That has impacted what students are experiencing and what they believe colleges should be doing, reveals the latest Student Voice survey, conducted by
Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse and presented by Kaplan.
The survey of 2,000 students, conducted April 5 to 15, includes representation from all races, including more than 1,100 white students and about 800 people of color (with the remaining respondents not selecting any of the races listed).
Below are some highlights from the survey results; more data and an analysis of top results can be found here. To explore the data further, request the full survey results.
Of the 2,000 college students surveyed between April 5 and 15, nearly half recall getting an email from their institution, and about three in 10 remember a statement expressing support for BLM. Colleges were much less likely to have taken bold steps, such as developing a comprehensive racial justice action plan.
“That’s exactly what presidents do we issue a statement,” says Lori White, president of DePauw University in Indiana. “We organize conversation circles. We offer counseling. We activate a task force. Or we respond to demands students have provided to us. But we all know that none of that is moving the needle.”