Date Approved
4-2-2022
Graduate Degree Type
Project
Degree Name
Education-Higher Education (M.Ed.)
Degree Program
College of Education
First Advisor
Karyn Rabourn
Academic Year
2021/2022
Abstract
Queer and trans* students tend to struggle during their time at higher education institutions. They face struggles in various areas of their academic experience including their mental health struggles, in their social and academic integration, and in their experiences with housing and residence life. All these areas could lead to the lack of retention for queer and trans* students in higher education. This project aims to mitigate these struggles through the creation of an intentionally built living-learning community. The community, entitled Thrive, is designed specifically to acknowledge, and help diminish the struggles that queer and trans* students face according to the literature.
ScholarWorks Citation
Ward, Giavonna, "Struggling: The Struggles of Queer and Trans* Students in Higher Edcuation" (2022). Culminating Experience Projects. 126.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/126
