ERIC Number: EJ1318754
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Dec
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Do Diversity Courses Improve College Student Outcomes? A Meta-Analysis
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, v14 n4 p544-556 Dec 2021
Colleges and universities play a critical role in shaping intergroup dynamics in an era of increasing racial tensions in the United States. Diversity courses may serve as one important approach for preparing college students for participation in an equitable and just society, since this coursework holds a unique position at many institutions to expose college students to issues of difference and inequality. This study synthesizes research on the relationship between university/college instruction explicitly using the word course and the root divers and student outcomes over the span of 25 years. Within a meta-analytic sample of 355 effect sizes, from 73 publications, and 47 distinct samples representing 116,092 undergraduate students the results indicate an overall small positive association between diversity coursework and various outcomes. Additional results highlighted the ways in which this relationship is moderated by various characteristics of the courses, outcome measures, and study design.
Descriptors: Diversity, Courses, Outcomes of Education, Meta Analysis, Racial Bias, Undergraduate Students, Program Effectiveness, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Effect Size
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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