Measuring College Campus Well-Being with Multidimensional Indices: Sustainability of Higher Education in Taiwan

Ru-Jer Wang, Shinyi Lin, Min Tseng, Ming-Hseuh Tsai and Te-Hsin Chang
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Ru-Jer Wang: Department of Education, National Taichung University of Education, Taichung 403514, Taiwan
Shinyi Lin: Master Program of Business Administration, Department of Creative Design and Management, National Taichung University of Education, Taichung 403514, Taiwan
Min Tseng: Center for Institutional Research, National Taichung University of Education, Taichung 403514, Taiwan
Ming-Hseuh Tsai: Research Center for Testing and Assessment, National Academy for Educational Research, New Taipei City 237201, Taiwan
Te-Hsin Chang: Holistic Education Center, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Hualien 973302, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 14, 1-13

Abstract: Understanding students’ subjective perceptions of universities is one of the main issues that needs to be addressed in order to improve aspects such as student retention and achieve sustainable development. Considering subjective well-being as an alternative term for happiness and satisfaction in higher education for sustainability, this study is to develop a measure conceptually and operationally for college campus well-being (CWB) with multiple dimensions, including a psychological, physical, financial, and social dimension of well-being. Subjected to factorial validity and composite reliability, the CWB scale validated by 2793 undergraduate students in central Taiwan was administered. The research demonstrates the appropriate construct validity and suitable-fit indices of the CWB multidimensional scale when used for measuring university-oriented happiness and sustainability in this research context. Differential effects were found among the colleges and between genders. The implications and future research lines are discussed.

Keywords: sustainable development; campus well-being; higher education; psychological well-being; subjective well-being; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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