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Examining Gender Differences in Quality of Life Issues among URI Students. Bettina B. Höppner Spring 2003 SQOLAS Project Presentation prepared for the President’s Commission on the Status of Women. The SQOLAS Project. SQOLAS = S tudent Q uality of L ife and S atisfaction
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Examining Gender Differences in Quality of Life Issues among URI Students Bettina B. Höppner Spring 2003 SQOLAS Project Presentation prepared for the President’s Commission on the Status of Women
The SQOLAS Project • SQOLAS = Student Quality of Life and Satisfaction • Supported by • Student Affairs (Thomas R. Dougan) • Counseling Center (James F. Campbell) • Campus assessments to date: • Housing and Residential Life Survey: 1997-2002 • Counseling Center Survey: 1993-2002 • SQOLAS Survey: 1997-2001 • Career Services Survey: 1997, 2001 • Diversity Climate Assessment: 2001 • Dining Services: 1998
Relevant Data • Stress and coping • SQOLAS: 2001 • Health • SQOLAS: 2001 • Personal safety • HRL: 1999-2002 • Sexual harassment • Counseling Center: 1993-2002 • ‘chilly environment’ • Diversity Climate Assessment: 2001
Counseling Center 1993 - 2002
Housing and Residential Life 1999 - 2002
Diversity Climate 2001
Diversity Climate 2001 • Sample • 149 URI students • 72.3% Caucasian • 61.5% lower class standing • 59.7% female • 0.7% gay/lesbian/bisexual • 0.7% with disability • Measure • Campus Diversity Questionnaire (CDQ-R) (Landrum,Vandernoot, & Dillinger, 1999) • Rating of campus climate regarding multicultural issues (ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability)