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Our Place on Campus Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Services and Programs in Higher Education
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Ronni Sanlo, Sue Rankin, Robert Schoenberg
Book Code: GR1406
ISBN: 0-313-31406-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31406-3
296 pages, tables, case studies
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/2002
List Price: $75.00 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students arrive on campuses every year expecting their voices to be heard, their concerns acknowledged, and their needs met in a welcoming educational environment. The establishment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Centers on campuses has transformed colleges and universities into places where social justice prevails. This book provides guidelines for establishing and operating LGBT centers or program offices on their own campuses. Subjects include:
  • The history of LGBT centers in higher education
  • Needs assessments, proposal development, and types of centers
  • Issues related to documentation of the LGBT campus population
  • Starting an LGBT center or office on campus
  • Hiring center directors
  • Strategic development for successful action planning
  • The importance of advisory boards for LGBT centers and programs
  • Selection and implementation of basic services and programs
  • Visibility, funding, and staffing issues.

    This book is a collaborative effort among three colleagues who have spent years working to build the profession of the LGBT Campus Resource Center Director. Colleagues from the LGBT Centers around the country provided many of the case studies and authored several of the chapters.
    • Table of Contents:
    • Introduction
    • LGBT Centers on Campus: What Are They and Why Do You Need Them?
    • 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 by Brett Beemyn
    • Documenting Their Existence: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students on Campus by Therese Eyermann and Ronni Sanlo
    • Starting Your Program or Center
    • 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
    • Identifying and Providing Programs and Services
    • Selecting and Implementing Services: The Basics of an Active Center or Office
    • Safe Zones and Allies Programs
    • Mentoring Programs by 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 by Jonathan Winters
    • Selecting and Implementing Programs
    • The Lavender Leader: An Inqueery Into Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Student Leadership
    • LGBT Peer Counselors by Christine Browning and Patricia Walsh
    • Lavender Graduation: Acknowledging the Lives and Achievements of LGBT College Students
    • Maintaining Your Center
    • Managing Ancillary Staff by Steven J. Leider
    • Creating Visibility and Positive Public Relations
    • Funding and Development
    • Grass-Roots Activism versus the Ivory Tower
    • Appendix A: Directory of the National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education
    • Appendix B: Campus Climate Report: Three Meta-Analysis Themes
    • Appendix C: Summary of Recommendations for Change
    • Appendix D: Example of Structure
    • Appendix E: Center Director Position Description
    • Appendix F: Pennsylvania State University's LGBT Resource Room Goals and Action Plan
    • Appendix G: Inventory of Questions for Service Providers
    • Appendix H: Referral Letter, Resource Guide Referral Form, and Survey of Community Practitioners
    • Appendix I: National Organizations
    • Appendix J: Resources for LGBT Centers, Services, Programs, and Libraries
    • Appendix K: Announcement of the Safe Zones Program to Student and Campus Life Staff
    • Appendix L: Testimony to the Regents of the University of California
    • Appendix M: Associations and Agents that Provide Speakers and Entertainers
    • Appendix N: Lavender Graduation Certificate of Distinction
    • References
    • Index
    LC Card Number: 2001058632
    LCC Class: LC2574
    Dewey Class: 378
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