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Meeting Students Where They Are: Using Rasch Modeling for Improving the Measurement of Active Research in Higher Education by Dahl, Laura S., Staples, B. Ashley, Mayhew, Matthew J., Rockenbach, Alyssa N.

“…Surveys with rating scales are often used in higher education research to measure student learning and development, yet testing and reporting on the…”
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Ten Challenges and Recommendations for Advancing Research on the Effects of College on Students by Seifert, Tricia A., Bowman, Nicholas A., Wolniak, Gregory C., Rockenbach, Alyssa N., Mayhew, Matthew J.

“…The first two volumes of How College Affects Students constitute the most-cited publications in higher education research. Since these volumes were published,…”
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Owning Faith: First-Year College-Going and the Development of Students' Self-Authored Worldview Commitments by Mayhew, Matthew J, Rockenbach, Alyssa N, Dahl, Laura S

“…The purpose of this paper was to examine the institutional conditions and educational practices associated with the development of first-year students'…”
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Inspiring Muslim Appreciation in the First-Year of College: What Makes a Difference? by Shaheen, Musbah, Dahl, Laura S., Mayhew, Matthew J., Rockenbach, Alyssa N.

“…The purpose of this study was to examine first-year change in appreciative attitudes toward Muslims by non-Muslim students. To this end, we longitudinally…”
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Campus Conditions and College Experiences That Facilitate Friendship across Worldview Differences by Hudson, Tara D, Rockenbach, Alyssa N, Mayhew, Matthew J

“…Supporting students' friendships across social boundaries is one powerful way in which colleges and universities can contribute to the civic mission of higher…”
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Religious Coercion on Public University Campuses: Looking beyond the Street Preacher by Shaheen, Musbah, Mayhew, Matthew J, Rockenbach, Alyssa N

“…This paper focuses on how undergraduate students on five public university campuses perceived and reacted to religious coercion. We identified three sources of…”
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Examining the Relationship Between College Students’ Interworldview Friendships and Pluralism Orientation by Hudson, Tara D., Rockenbach, Alyssa N., Mayhew, Matthew J., Zhang, Lini

“…Background One of the most influential factors shaping college students’ prosocial development—the development of attitudes and behaviors that involve positive…”
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Beyond the Binary: Sophisticating Diversity Climate Considerations and Assessments by Winkler, Christa E., Mayhew, Matthew J., Rockenbach, Alyssa N.

“…The study of diversity climates is as complicated as the study of diversity itself. Despite the call for more sophisticated and multi-dimensional approaches to…”
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Transforming Political Divides: How Student Identities and Campus Contexts Shape Interpartisan Friendships by Rockenbach, Alyssa N., Hudson, Tara D.

“…Recent evidence suggests that only about 1 in 5 U.S. adults has a friend on the political “other side” (Dunn, 2020). Although these interpartisan friendships…”
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Character Education for the Public Good: The Evolution of Character Capacities in and Beyond College by Rockenbach, Alyssa N.

“…Higher education carries the potential to transform the troubled state of affairs-from political discord to social injustice-evident in U.S. society. Benefits…”
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Developing Appreciative Attitudes toward Jews: A Multi-Campus Investigation by Selznick, Benjamin S, Mayhew, Matthew J, Dahl, Laura S, Rockenbach, Alyssa N

“…The purpose of this paper was to examine the institutional conditions and educational practices associated with the development of first-term students'…”
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Interfaith Experiences and Their Relationship with Heterosexual Collegians' Attitudes Toward Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People by Crandall, Rebecca E., Dahl, Laura S., Rockenbach, Alyssa N., Mayhew, Matthew J.

“…For queer-spectrum students, college and university campuses are often sites of marginalization, discrimination, and/or harassment. Though such experiences are…”
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First-Year LGBQ+ Students in Higher Education: Who Are They and Where Do They Enroll? by Crandall, Rebecca E, Zagorsky, Jay L, Rockenbach, Alyssa N, Mayhew, Matthew J

“…Recent decades have seen a growing body of scholarship dedicated to the college experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ+) students. To date,…”
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Being Evangelical is Complicated: How Students’ Identities and Experiences Moderate Their Perceptions of Campus Climate by Riggers-Piehl, Tiffani, Dahl, Laura S., Staples, B. Ashley, Selznick, Benjamin S., Mayhew, Matthew J., Rockenbach, Alyssa N.

“…Background Evangelical Christian college students navigate campus buoyed by Christian privilege but may encounter silencing or othering tied to their religious…”
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Challenge and Support: Worldview Champions Promote Spiritual Wellness by Staples, B. Ashley, Shaheen, Musbah, Mayhew, Matthew J., Rockenbach, Alyssa N.

“…Extending research on encouraging students' spiritual explorations in ways that enhance their overall wellbeing, this study examined how faculty and staff…”
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Anti-Semitism on Campus is Alive And Well by Singer, Kevin, Staples, Ashley, Mayhew, Matthew J., Rockenbach, Alyssa N.

“…Hate crimes against Jews in America are on the rise, including on college campuses. In this article, the authors share details about their recent study, The…”
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The Connection between Interfaith Engagement and Self-Authored Worldview Commitment by Mayhew, Matthew J, Rockenbach, Alyssa N, Bowman, Nicholas A

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between interfaith engagement and self-authored worldview commitment among 13,776 students enrolled…”
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Building Inclusive Community by Bridging Worldview Differences: A Call to Action From the Interfaith Diversity Experiences and Attitudes Longitudinal Survey (IDEALS) by Rockenbach, Alyssa N.

“…Adapted from a keynote address delivered at the 2017 Dalton Institute on College Student Values, this article introduces findings from the Interfaith Diversity…”
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The Association Between Worldview Climate Dimensions and College Students’ Perceptions of Transformational Learning by Mayhew, Matthew J, Hoggan, Chad, Rockenbach, Alyssa N, Lo, Marc A

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How LGBT College Students Perceive and Engage the Campus Religious and Spiritual Climate by Rockenbach, Alyssa N., Lo, Marc A., Mayhew, Matthew J.

“…The purpose of this study was to compare how students of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities perceive the campus religious and spiritual climate…”
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