Journal article
Race and Class beyond Enrollment: The Link between Socioeconomic Diversity and Cross-Racial Interaction
The Journal of higher education (Columbus), Vol.90(5), pp.665-689
09/03/2019
DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2018.1547032
Abstract
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Race and Class beyond Enrollment: The Link between Socioeconomic Diversity and Cross-Racial Interaction
- Creators
- Julie Park - University of Maryland, College ParkNicholas Bowman - University of IowaNida Denson - Western Sydney UniversityKevin Eagan - University of California, Los Angeles
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of higher education (Columbus), Vol.90(5), pp.665-689
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/00221546.2018.1547032
- ISSN
- 0022-1546
- eISSN
- 1538-4640
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/03/2019
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984283577002771
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