The importance of student cross-racial interactions as part of college education: Perceptions of faculty

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 191-206

  Valentine, Kathryn ^a   Prentice, Mary ^a   Torres, Mónica F ^a   Arellano, Eduardo ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom; Cross racial interaction; diversity; faculty; perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874038178     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030109     Document Type: Article

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