Racial diversity matters: The impact of diversity-related student engagement and institutional context

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 322-353

  Denson, Nida ^a   Chang, Mitchell J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Campus climate; Diversity; Educational equity; Higher education policy; Race relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949110793     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831208323278     Document Type: Article

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