Category is, supporting BIQTPoC at community colleges: A systematic literature review to aid community college leaders in advocacy

Abstract

In this chapter, we provide a systematic literature review of current scholarship on BIQTPoC within community colleges. Through a queer of color critique lens, we analyzed literature published over the last three decades. Findings demonstrated a lack of empirical research that perpetuates a gap for community college leader practices to support BIQTPoC.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

“Whenever I see those little rainbow stickers, I know that there is a place you can go”: Visibility and sense of belonging for queer and/or trans community college students.

“…Community college practitioners need direction in finding ways to validate and best support their QT students' sense of belonging (Á. D. J. González & Duran, 2023Ivory, 2005Rendon, 1994;Strayhorn, 2012Strayhorn, , 2019. A sense of belonging can be thought of as how students perceive institutional support via affirming feelings of connectedness, positive relationships with institutional agents and peers, and structures that support their mattering to such collegial environmental context (Museus et al, 2017;Strayhorn, 2012Strayhorn, , 2019.…”

“…I argue that if there are limited repositories to how practitioners can enact change for QT students at community college campuses, they must rely on practices situated within the 4-year organizational context that decenters the unique characteristics of community colleges and potential challenges (Á. D. J. González & Duran, 2023).…”

“…González & Cataño, 2022; Á. D. J. González & Duran, 2023). Collecting QT demographic data is relatively a recent practice at community colleges (Trimble, 2019), and until most recently, the California Community College application portal (CCCApply) did not collect any QT data for incoming students (Á. D. J.…”

“…This growth in community college student enrollment is important to note as community colleges continue to be an access point for higher education to many students from minoritized identities, such as queer and/or trans 1 (QT) students (Boggs & Galizio, 2021; Á. D. J. González & Duran, 2023;Harper, 2012;Johnson et al, 2022;Nienhusser, 2014;Wagh, 2023). Recent data suggest that 33% of QT people have attended a community college in some capacity (Conron et al, 2022).…”

“…González & Cataño, 2022; Á. D. J. González & Duran, 2023) which materialize into harmful educational contexts (Woodford et al 2012). National data echoes these injurious community college conditions highlighting how 19% of QT community college students experienced some sort of bullying, harassment, or assault (Conron et al, 2022).…”