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ERIC Number: EJ1225337
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
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Race and Class beyond Enrollment: The Link between Socioeconomic Diversity and Cross-Racial Interaction
Park, Julie; Bowman, Nicholas; Denson, Nida; Eagan, Kevin
Journal of Higher Education, v90 n5 p665-689 2019
Colleges increasingly emphasize the importance of socioeconomic diversity, but little work examines the link between such diversity and outcomes important to the campus climate. Using a national dataset, we test the link between two measures of socioeconomic diversity and cross-racial interaction, an outcome paramount to triggering the benefits of diversity. Findings indicate that there was no direct effect associated with this form of socioeconomic diversity. However, cross-racial interaction was lowest at institutions with lower structural income diversity and lower structural racial diversity. Comparison of predictors between income groups also identify that middle and upper-income Black students have significantly higher rates of cross-racial interaction. Implications for policymakers and educators are discussed.
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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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