Examines the effects of on- and off-campus living arrangements on students' openness to diversity using data from 502 first-time-college students. Results indicated that living on campus was directly associated with significantly higher levels of openness to diversity. Living in a Freshman Interest Group was indirectly related to greater openness…

Study suggests that residence hall students at a predominantly White university perceive the racial climate of residence halls differently depending on their cultural group. Statistical significances occurred between Whites and one or more of the cultural minority groups. There were no significant differences between any of the ethnic minority…