Assessing Campus Community in the Twenty-First Century

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dc.contributor.authorByrd, W. Carsonen
dc.contributor.committeechairBayer, Alan E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFuller, Theodore D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRyan, John W.en
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:33:18Zen
dc.date.adate2007-04-30en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:33:18Zen
dc.date.issued2007-04-02en
dc.date.rdate2007-04-30en
dc.date.sdate2007-04-10en
dc.description.abstractThe sociological implications of studying campus communities can lead to breakthroughs not only in teaching and improving learning environments, but provide unique and helpful programs to aid diversity, promote unity, and decrease social inequality on campus and in American society. This study applied Boyer's campus community model to assess the campus communities of a private liberal arts college and a public state research university in the Mid-Atlantic. Using a modified version of the College and University Community Inventory (CUCI) administered through a web-based survey software, data on student perceptions of the different aspects of campus community identified by Boyer were collected and analyzed using factor analysis and regression analysis. The factor analysis led the researcher to propose modifications to the survey instrument. The regression analysis found several significant characteristics of undergraduate students and their institutions that can influence their perceptions of the campus community. A discussion of the findings and the implications of the study are presented. The results reported in this study have lead to several recommendations to be developed to enhance and improve the study of the campus community and environment in higher education using the CUCI.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04102007-093142en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04102007-093142/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31673en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartByrdWC_Campus_Community.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartByrdWC_IRB_Approval.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectjust communityen
dc.subjectcampus communityen
dc.subjectcollege studentsen
dc.subjectpurposeful communityen
dc.subjectopen communityen
dc.subjectcelebrative communityen
dc.subjectcaring communityen
dc.subjectdisciplined communityen
dc.titleAssessing Campus Community in the Twenty-First Centuryen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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