Assessing campus climates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students: Methodological and political issues

Journal of LGBT Youth

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 416-435

  Brown, Robert D ^a   Gortmaker, Valerie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Lincoln Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment issues; Campus climate; LGBT students

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009552768     PISSN: 19361653     EISSN: 19361661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361650903296429     Document Type: Article

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