| Description |
xviii, 273 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Greenwood educators' reference collection
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-263) and index. |
| Contents |
An overview of this new profession in higher education -- Assessing the needs and proposing solutions -- The development and administration of campus LGBT centers and offices / Brett Beemyn -- Documenting their existence : lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students on campus / Therese Eyermann and Ronni Sanlo -- Matching directors and centers or offices : hiring for success -- Developing a strategic plan -- Developing your vision, mission, goals, and evaluation : building your action plan -- Advisory boards -- Selecting and implementing services : the basics of an active center or office -- Safe zones and allies programs -- Mentoring programs / Patricia Alford-Keating -- Advocacy and judicial response -- LGBT faculty, staff, and alumni organizations -- The power of a system-wide organization : the University of California LGBTI association / Jonathan Winters -- Selecting and implementing programs -- The lavender leader : an inqueery into lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender student leadership -- LGBT peer counselors / Christine Browning and Patricia Walsh -- Lavender graduation : acknowledging the lives and achievements of LGBT college students -- Managing ancillary staff / Steven J. Leider -- Creating visibility and positive public relations -- Funding and development -- Grass-roots activism versus the ivory tower -- Appendices. A. Directory of the national consortium of directors of LGBT resources in higher education ; B. Campus climate report: three meta-analysis themes ; C. Summary of recommendations for change -- D. Example of structure ; E. Center director position description ; F. Pennsylvania State University's LGBT resource room goals and action plan ; G. Inventory of questions for service providers ; H. Referral letter, resource guide referral form, and survey of community practitioners ; I. National organizations ; J. Resources for LGBT centers, services, programs, and libraries ; K. Announcement of the safe zones program to student and campus life staff ; L. Testimony to the regents of the University of California ; M. Associations and agents that provide speakers and entertainers ; N. Lavender graduation certificate of distinction. |
| Subject |
Gay college students -- Services for.
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Lesbian college students -- Services for.
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Bisexual college students -- Services for.
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Transsexual college students -- Services for.
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Homosexuality and education.
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| Added Author |
Sanlo, Ronni L., 1947-
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Rankin, Sue.
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Schoenberg, Robert.
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| ISBN |
0313314063 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
UKM bA254003 |
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