ERIC Number: EJ1211418
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Dec
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Factors Affecting Campus Climate: Creating a Welcoming Environment
Campbell-Whatley, Gloria D.; Wang, Chuang; Toms, Ozalle; Williams, Nakeshia
New Waves-Educational Research and Development Journal, v18 n2 p40-52 Dec 2015
As rising numbers of women and faculty with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (non-majority faculty) enter academia, there is increasing attention related to issues of campus climate. In this study, we explore the results of a universitywide survey designed to examine faculty perceptions of diversity and campus climate at a large research university in the southeast. Women and non-majority faculty indicated a less than welcoming climate than men and majority faculty. This study reveals five factors; Respect, Conflict, Diversity Engagement, Diversity Interest and Diversity Exposure that are relevant to adapting campus climate to a more welcoming environment for women and non-majority faculty. Implications to improve faculty climate are suggested.
Descriptors: College Environment, Campuses, College Faculty, Diversity (Faculty), Inclusion, Teacher Attitudes, Minority Group Teachers, Women Faculty, Collegiality, Gender Differences, Social Discrimination, Sexual Orientation, African American Teachers, Racial Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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