ERIC Number: EJ986460
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-5748
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Promoting Sustained Engagement with Diversity: The Reciprocal Relationships between Informal and Formal College Diversity Experiences
Bowman, Nicholas A.
Review of Higher Education, v36 n1 p1-24 Fall 2012
College diversity experiences have been praised not only for their role in promoting student growth but also for contributing to future engagement with diversity. However, the evidence supporting this latter claim is quite limited, often relying on cross-sectional analyses. This study examines whether and how students' first-year diversity experiences predict their senior-year diversity experiences and finds that students' positive and negative diversity interactions are both associated with greater participation in diversity coursework. Moreover, having negative diversity interactions is not associated with changes in positive diversity interactions or vice versa. All relationships are consistent regardless of students' openness to diversity. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, College Role, Student Diversity, Interaction, Student Attitudes, Informal Education, Longitudinal Studies, Friendship, Racial Relations, Courses, Racial Bias, Student Experience, College Students, Predictor Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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