Influences on Students' Openness to Diversity and Challenge in the Second and Third Years of College.

Whitt, Elizabeth J.; Edison, Marcia I.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T.; Nora, Amaury

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ERIC Number: EJ625010

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Influences on Students' Openness to Diversity and Challenge in the Second and Third Years of College.

Whitt, Elizabeth J.; Edison, Marcia I.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T.; Nora, Amaury

Journal of Higher Education, v72 n2 p172-204 Mar-Apr 2001

This multi-institution, longitudinal study investigated relationships between various experiences in the second and third years of college and students' openness to diversity and challenges to their beliefs and attitudes. The strongest positive influences on openness to diversity and challenge were precollege openness to diversity, student perceptions of a nondiscriminatory racial environment in the institution, and diversity of student acquaintances. (Author/EV)

Descriptors: College Juniors, College Seniors, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Student), Predictor Variables, Student Attitudes, Student Experience

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: "The Social Role of Higher Education."