LGBTQ Students

Tammy R. Johnson, Marshall University
Daniel Weber

Copyright © 2018 American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.

This is a book chapter titled LGBTQ Students from Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Student Body published by AACRAO

Abstract

As with any sub-population of college stu­dents, there is a great deal of variance among individual LGBTQ students in terms of their ex­pectations and desires when it comes to choos­ing or persisting at a particular college. Perhaps the one unifying objective among members of this group is a goal common to almost every student at every level of study: to find an edu­cational environment in which the student will feel valued and supported while pursuing his or her educational goals. To this end, LGBTQ stu­dents have unique needs that historically have gone unaddressed.