Color-Blind Racial Attitudes, Social Dominance Orientation, Racial-Ethnic Group Membership and College Students' Perceptions of Campus Climate

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-19

  Worthington, Roger L ^a   Navarro, Rachel L ^b   Loewy, Michael ^c   Hart, Jeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

campus climate; color blind; diversity; racial attitudes; social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650118074     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1938-8926.1.1.8     Document Type: Article

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