What's Past is Prologue: How Precollege Exposure to Racial Diversity Shapes the Impact of College Interracial Interactions

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 406-425

  Bowman, Nicholas A ^a   Denson, Nida ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

College students; Diversity; Interracial interactions; Moderation effects; Precollege diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860115418     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-011-9235-2     Document Type: Article

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