Journal article
Do Diversity Courses Improve College Student Outcomes? A Meta-Analysis
Journal of diversity in higher education, Vol.14(4), pp.544-556
12/01/2021
DOI: 10.1037/dhe0000189
Abstract
Colleges and universities play a critical role in shaping intergroup dynamics in an era of increasing racial tensions in the United States. Diversity courses may serve as one important approach for preparing college students for participation in an equitable and just society, since this coursework holds a unique position at many institutions to expose college students to issues of difference and inequality. This study synthesizes research on the relationship between university/college instruction explicitly using the word course and the root divers* and student outcomes over the span of 25 years. Within a meta-analytic sample of 355 effect sizes, from 73 publications, and 47 distinct samples representing 116,092 undergraduate students the results indicate an overall small positive association between diversity coursework and various outcomes. Additional results highlighted the ways in which this relationship is moderated by various characteristics of the courses, outcome measures, and study design.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Do Diversity Courses Improve College Student Outcomes? A Meta-Analysis
- Creators
- Nida Denson - Western Sydney UniversityNicholas A. Bowman - University of IowaGeorgia Ovenden - University of MelbourneK. C. Culver - University of Southern CaliforniaJoshua M. Holmes - Suffolk University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of diversity in higher education, Vol.14(4), pp.544-556
- Publisher
- Educational Publishing Foundation-American Psychological Assoc
- DOI
- 10.1037/dhe0000189
- ISSN
- 1938-8926
- eISSN
- 1938-8934
- Number of pages
- 13
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984283576802771
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