title: Written in their own voice: first-year and older students' perceptions on their university's identity.
abstract: Undergraduate students (218 women, 57 men) attending a Roman Catholic, suburban university with a Franciscan charism tradition completed open-ended items assessing their perception on the mission, vision, and values of their university. However, only 41 lower division, first-year students (33 women, 8 men) and 29 upper division students (22 women, 7 men) actually wrote about different aspects of their school's identity. Qualitative themes emerged in regard to students' assessment of their school identity, such as university mission activities are perceived important, and overall support for different institutional values within the university community.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA.
authors.forename: Vicky S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Karahalios
authors.forename: Shannon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matteo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002410:Catholicism; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D012933:Social Identification; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult