Image: Studies into higher education services and outcomes for the trans* community are emerging, but accessible and meaningful data is lacking. In a new brief in Educational Researcher (March 2021), co-written by Karly Ford, Kelly Rosinger (IHE PhD), Junghee Choi, and Gabriel Pulido, the authors urge major surveys to consider how to include gender and sex data in an inclusive way. "Binary categories are insufficient for capturing gender identities," write the authors, and they warn that a generic other option "is quite literally 'othering'" students in the trans* community. The team urges researchers involve members of the trans* community in survey construction. They also recommend inclusive question construction used by the Higher Education Research Institute or the National Survey of Student Engagement. Beyond data collection, they call on practitioners to use data to drive changes in services and opportunities for students. Full brief available at: https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X20966589 Type of News/Audience: Alumni Tags: alumni
