Exploring student engagement, gender identity, and sexual orientation

Abstract

This session will present the latest NSSE findings about gender identity and sexual orientation and how students with gender variant and non-straight identities engage in effective educational practices. After three years of data collection from hundreds of colleges and universities across the country, a fairly comprehensive picture of student identity can be examined. Participants will discuss study findings and share issues their campuses face in identifying and engaging students with nontraditional identities. Further, session facilitators and participants will work together to create plans for making change in areas they can influence (courses, departments, programs.)