LGBTQIA+ Individuals in Higher Education - On Campus Podcast

On Campus - with CITI Program

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/

AAU 2020 Survey: https://www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/AAU-Files/Key-Issues/Campus-Safety/Revised%20Aggregate%20report%20%20and%20appendices%201-7_(01-16-2020_FINAL).pdf

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