This report presents the results of a study that compared the attitudes of White university students toward African American students and discusses their perceptions about the classroom and campus environments. The study revealed that White students who had shared a dormitory room with a person of a different racial group and evaluated the experience as good, expressed more positive attitudes about African American people than those who labelled their experiences as bad. Similarly, White students who were enrolled in classes taught by African American instructors expressed less hostility toward African American students. Positive attitudes toward African American students were related to White students' expressions of positive self-confidence, a sense of security in the academic environment, appreciation of interracial interactions, and recognition of contributions by women to academia. Contains 16 references. (Author/GLR)