Does Socioeconomic Diversity Make a Difference? Examining the Effects of Racial and Socioeconomic Diversity on the Campus Climate for Diversity

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 466-496

  Park, Julie J ^a   Denson, Nida ^b   Bowman, Nicholas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affirmative action; campus climate; racial diversity; social class; socioeconomic diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878087491     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831212468290     Document Type: Article

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