Diversity Experiences and Attitudes Toward Literacy: Is There a Link?

This article reports on a study that explored whether diversity experiences influence students' attitudes toward literary activities during the first year of college. Interactional diversity and attending a diversity workshop had a positive net influence on the outcome measure. Exposure to curr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of higher education (Columbus) 2013-11, Vol.84 (6), p.834-865
Hauptverfasser:	Loes, Chad N, Salisbury, Mark H, Pascarella, Ernest T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Attitude Change Bakke v Regents of University of California College Freshmen Cultural Differences Data Analysis Followup Studies Gratz et al v Bollinger et al Grutter et al v Bollinger et al Hierarchical Linear Modeling Hopwood v Texas Least Squares Statistics Literacy Multicultural Education Outcome Measures Positive Attitudes Predictor Variables Sensitivity Training Social Attitudes Statistical Analysis Student Attitudes Student Characteristics Student Experience Student Surveys Undergraduate Students United States (Midwest) United States (Northeast) United States (Pacific States) United States (Southeast) Workshops
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Zusammenfassung:	This article reports on a study that explored whether diversity experiences influence students' attitudes toward literary activities during the first year of college. Interactional diversity and attending a diversity workshop had a positive net influence on the outcome measure. Exposure to curricular diversity, however, had only a chance effect on the dependent variable.
ISSN:	0022-1546 1538-4640 1538-4640
DOI:	10.1353/jhe.2013.0039