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ERIC Number: EJ562849
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-5748
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Enhancing Campus Climates for Racial/Ethnic Diversity: Educational Policy and Practice.
Hurtado, Sylvia; Milem, Jeffrey F.; Clayton-Pedersen, Alma R.; Allen, Walter R.
Review of Higher Education, v21 n3 p279-302 Spr 1998
Summarizes research findings on campus racial climate according to a four-dimensional model: (1) an institutions' historical legacy of inclusion/exclusion of various racial/ethnic groups; (2) structural diversity, or numerical representations of various racial/ethnic groups; (3) psychological climate (perceptions, attitudes among groups); and (4) campus inter-group behavior. Offers recommendations for enhancing policy. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Change Strategies, College Desegregation, College Environment, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Faculty), Diversity (Student), Higher Education, Organizational Change, Organizational Climate, Policy Formation, Racial Relations, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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