ERIC Number: EJ1136615
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Mar
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0897-5264
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Racial Differences in College Students' Assessments of Campus Race Relations
Lo, Celia C.; McCallum, Debra M.; Hughes, Michael; Smith, Gabrielle P. A.; McKnight, Utz
Journal of College Student Development, v58 n2 p247-263 Mar 2017
Guided by the principles of critical race theory, we sought to understand how race and racism help explain differences in White and Black students' assessments of race relations on a predominantly White college campus. The authors employed data from a campus-wide survey conducted in Spring 2013 at the University of Alabama; the sample numbered 3,219 students. For Blacks and Whites, a strong relationship was observed between perception of campus race relations and a measure of symbolic racism, such that higher symbolic racism scores predicted a more positive perception of race relations.
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, Racial Bias, African American Students, White Students, Racial Relations, College Environment, Student Surveys, Correlation, Predictor Variables, Student Attitudes, Racial Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Alabama
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