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Women's Perceptions of a "Chilly Climate" and Their Cognitive Outcomes During the First Year of College
Journal of College Student Development (1997)
  • Ernest T. Pascarella, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Elizabeth J. Whitt, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Marcia I. Edison, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Amaury Nora, University of Houston
  • Linda Serra Hagedorn, University of Southern California
  • Patricia M. Yeager, Pennsylvania State University
  • Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University
Abstract

In this study of 2- and 4-year colleges, the extent to which women students' perceptions of a "chilly campus climate" were related to first year cognitive outcomes was investigated at 23 institutions. After a variety of potentially confounding influences were controlled for, several negative relationships were found between perceived chilly climates and women's cognitive growth. The negative relationships were more pronounced for women attending 2-year colleges than for their counterparts at 4-year institutions .

Publication Date
March, 1997
Citation Information
Ernest T. Pascarella, Elizabeth J. Whitt, Marcia I. Edison, Amaury Nora, et al.. "Women's Perceptions of a "Chilly Climate" and Their Cognitive Outcomes During the First Year of College" Journal of College Student Development Vol. 38 Iss. 2 (1997)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/linda_hagedorn/21/