College Diversity Courses and Cognitive Development Among Students From Privileged and Marginalized Groups

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-194

  Bowman, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive development; college students; diversity courses; race ethnicity; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049115107     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016639     Document Type: Article

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