Journal article
Racial/Cultural Awareness Workshops and Post-College Civic Engagement: A Propensity Score Matching Approach
American educational research journal, Vol.53(6), pp.1556-1587
12/01/2016
DOI: 10.3102/0002831216670510
Abstract
Racial/cultural awareness workshops constitute a salient form of co-curricular diversity engagement in higher education. Although these workshops are generally quite short in duration (often no more than two hours), previous research suggests that workshop participation is associated with undergraduate civic growth. The current study uses multilevel propensity score matching analyses to explore whether racial/cultural awareness workshops during college are associated with a variety of civic outcomes six years after graduation. Using a 10-year longitudinal sample of 8,634 alumni from 229 institutions, diversity workshop participation is significantly and positively related to 10 post-college behaviors, attitudes/beliefs, and skills/tendencies. Moreover, these effects are consistent regardless of participants' race/ethnicity, gender, and institutional affiliation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Racial/Cultural Awareness Workshops and Post-College Civic Engagement: A Propensity Score Matching Approach
- Creators
- Nicholas A. Bowman - University of IowaNida Denson - University of SydneyJulie J. Park - University of Maryland, College Park
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American educational research journal, Vol.53(6), pp.1556-1587
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.3102/0002831216670510
- ISSN
- 0002-8312
- eISSN
- 1935-1011
- Number of pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984283727902771
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