Journal article
Promoting Participation in a Diverse Democracy: A Meta-Analysis of College Diversity Experiences and Civic Engagement
Review of educational research, Vol.81(1), pp.29-68
03/2011
DOI: 10.3102/0034654310383047
Abstract
In recent years, American colleges and universities have seen greater diversity among their undergraduate students and greater civic interest and action among these students. In fact, many have argued that meaningful engagement with diversity constitutes an important means of preparing college graduates to participate and flourish in a globalized and rapidly changing society. The current study explores this assertion by conducting a meta-analysis of the relationship between college diversity experiences and civic engagement. The results show that diversity experiences are associated with increases in civic attitudes, behavioral intentions, and behaviors, and the magnitude of this effect is greater for interpersonal interactions with racial diversity than for curricular and cocurricular diversity experiences. The strength of the relationship between diversity and civic engagement also depends on the type of civic outcome and whether changes in that outcome are assessed through self-reported gains versus longitudinal methods.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Promoting Participation in a Diverse Democracy: A Meta-Analysis of College Diversity Experiences and Civic Engagement
- Creators
- Nicholas A. Bowman - University of Notre Dame
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Review of educational research, Vol.81(1), pp.29-68
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- DOI
- 10.3102/0034654310383047
- ISSN
- 0034-6543
- eISSN
- 1935-1046
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2011
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984283576502771
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