Английская Википедия:Campus climate
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Campus climate refers to current dimensions of climate in the campus community in higher education institutions.Шаблон:Sfn According to the author, the dimensions of climate could refer to views, attitudes, psychology, behaviors, standards, perceptions and expectations.Шаблон:Sfn Campus community could refer to employees such as faculty, staff, administrators, and students, individually or as a group.Шаблон:Sfn Campus climate is often contrasted with 'campus culture'. While climate and culture are sometimes used interchangeably, some authors mention overlaps, while others define clear boundaries between the two.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Definitions and descriptions
Huston Smith (1955) wrote that the "atmosphere" and "environment" of a college affects everyone that is a part of it, making an educational institute more than a group of students, employees and buildings.Шаблон:Sfn Early attempts at measuring campus climate (culture, atmosphere, environment) include assessments and indexes created by John L. Holland & Alexander Astin (1961), and George G. Stern & C. Robert Pace (1962).Шаблон:Sfn More recently, climate has been understood to represent an "immeasurable construct".Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Harvtxt studied 118 campus climate papers and identified a number of definitions and measurement efforts.Шаблон:Sfn
Climate is a broad concept however often used in a narrower and more concentrated manner.Шаблон:Sfn Conceptual framework for campus climate has developed to include the history of the educational institute, capacity to handle diversity, and psychological and behavioral climate.Шаблон:Sfn
Campus climate for the campus community
Faculty
Women colleges and universities around the world provide a friendly and "warm" to "neutral" climate.Шаблон:Sfn Campus climate at women's colleges for female faculty is more conducive than at coeducational institutions.Шаблон:Sfn The climate situation in coeducational settings for female faculty is similar to the situation for female students, say with regard to male privilege.Шаблон:Sfn Intellectual inbreeding in China, Japan and Korea is affected by the old boy networks; in this respect women colleges and universities provide opportunities which coeducational institutions do not.Шаблон:Sfn
Research from around the world
Campus climate in Brazil
A study conducted at Federal University of Bahia observed that a number of campus climate variables affected students in general, and more importantly variables that went on to affect their interaction with their academic life and retention.Шаблон:Sfn This includes identity, teaching and faculty interactions.Шаблон:Sfn
Campus climate in India
One of the first studies in India which included the aspect of campus climate was conducted in the University of Pune from 2013 onwards.[1][2] The study found that faculty demographics and student demographics has changed unequally and this has a significant factor of campus climate.[3] The study also revealed changing gender patterns which also have implications for campus climate.[3] Changes in the gender gap include increased access to higher education for women from "relatively privileged backgrounds" and males from "disadvantaged backgrounds".[3] This kind of changing social dynamic has resulted in observations such as men reporting experiencing more discrimination than women.[3] Low empathy, low tolerance and low argumentation skills were observed.[3]
Campus climate in Turkey
Gunuc & Artun et al. (2019) conducted a campus climate study of 26 universities in Turkey covering all the geographic regions of the country.[4] The study found that the correlation between student engagement and campus climate along with certain other variables was significant.[4]
Campus climate in United States
Climate for free speech in US campuses has been studied. More than half of college students self-censor themselves and there is a large variation between institutions with regard to free speech.[5][6][7] There is a discussion about cancel culture and wokeness on the left.[8][9] Campus climate is an important factor that affects decisions to seek out mental health services for mental health issues.[10]
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