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Browsing by Author "Fang, Fang"

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    2016 Graduate Student Climate Survey: Preliminary Findings
    Fang, Fang; Smart, Henry III; Gomez Beane, Dannette; Dull, Matthew M.; Lawrence, Kacy; Schnitzer, Marcy (Virginia Tech Graduate School, 2016)
    The Graduate School, Office of Inclusion and Diversity, and the Division of Student Affairs collaborated to design and administer the 2013 and 2016 Climate Surveys for graduate students. The purpose of these surveys is to gather information about the experiences of graduate students, to identify trends and phenomenon by college and department, and to inform administrators about the needs, concerns, and challenges of graduate students.
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    Culture and Family Life: Three Studies on Family and Marriage Relationships across Cultures
    Fang, Fang (Virginia Tech, 2018-06-25)
    This dissertation explores how family and marriage relationships vary according to the culture in which they occur. Based on the individualism/collectivism framework about cultural variations in familial beliefs across countries, I study three topics of family and marriage relationships across cultures. In the first study, I examine how 17 member countries of Organisation of Economic and Co-operation and Development (OECD) differ culturally in older adults' preference for family elder care. I find that older adults from countries with more traditional values that emphasize the importance of a strong parent-child tie are more likely to prefer family care rather than formal care than those from more secular-rational countries with less emphasis on the parent-child tie; the cultural difference gets smaller at a higher level of individual family income. In the second study, I select China as a representative of the collectivist culture, and look into how the collectivist culture and older parents' filial beliefs shape the intergenerational relationship in China. I find that patrilocal and patrilineal traditions are still prevail in China. A highly cohesive intergenerational relationship people idealize in the collectivist culture is more common between older parents and married sons, and least common between older parents and married daughters. In the third study, I compare an individualist society, the U.S., and China, a collectivist society to test whether marriage also isolates people from their informal social network in China as observed in the U.S. I find that marriage does not isolate but integrates people into their informal social network in China, while marriage isolate people in the U.S. The three studies present new evidence on how marriage and family experiences differ due to different cultural beliefs about family, and under what conditions the cultural influences are weakened or reinforced.
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    LGBTQ Climate Survey Report
    Schnitzer, Marcy H.; Fang, Fang (Virginia Tech, 2015)
    This report is based upon findings from the 2014 LGBTQ Climate Survey sponsored by Virginia Tech’s Department of Human Resources and the former Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion. The survey was the direct outcome of a 2012 report, Considerations for Assessment of the Campus Climate for LBGTQ Faculty and Staff at Virginia Tech, which addressed concerns about whether Virginia Tech’s diversity strategic planning process was fully inclusive of all constituency groups, particularly Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Faculty and Staff.
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    Virginia Tech Graduate School Graduate Student Climate Survey Report Fall 2014
    Gomez Beane, Dannette; Schnitzer, Marcy; Fang, Fang; Johnson, Nicole J. (Virginia Tech Graduate School, 2014)
    In spring 2013, 846 Virginia Tech graduate students responded to an online survey commissioned by the Graduate School, Division of Student Affairs, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to help campus administrators understand the experiences and concerns of students enrolled at the Blacksburg campus. The survey included questions regarding campus support and resources, campus safety, faculty advising, department climate, financial support, and campus diversity. The results were analyzed and reported by a team of graduate students and administrators. Here, you will find the full report and the following appendices, which include the 2009 Climate Survey:
    • Results without comments
    • Appendix A: Questionnaire
    • Appendix B: Email Invitation
    • Appendix C: Tables
    • Appendix D: Graduate Campus Climate Survey 2009
    • Appendix E: 2000 Campus Climate for Diversity: Student Perceptions
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    Virginia Tech Graduate Student Climate Survey Report 2016
    Fang, Fang; Smart, Henry III; Gomez Beane, Dannette; Dull, Matthew M.; Lawrence, Kacy; Schnitzer, Marcy (Virginia Tech Graduate School, 2017-03-23)
    The 2016 Graduate Student Climate Survey was administered in Spring 2016 to capture information about the graduate student experience. The rich qualitative and quantitative data gathered is used to inform students, faculty, staff, and administrators of the climate for graduate students in the following areas: University Community, Department Community, Advising and Mentoring, and Diversity and Inclusion.