ERIC Number: EJ1401376
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
EISSN: EISSN-1935-1062
Underrepresented Minority Students in College: The Role of Classmates
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v45 n4 p598-621 2023
The role of racial diversity at colleges has been debated for over more than a half a century with limited quasi-experimental evidence from classrooms. To fill this void, I estimate the extent that classmate racial compositions affect Hispanic and African American students at a large and oversubscribed California community college where they are minorities. I find that when minority students are exposed to a greater share of same-race classmates, they are more likely to complete the class with a pass and are more likely to enroll in a same-subject course the subsequent term. The findings are robust to first-time students with the lowest registration priority versus all students and different combinations of fixed effects (e.g., student, class, and instructor race).
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students, Peer Relationship, Diversity, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Community College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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