How Much Diversity is Enough? The Curvilinear Relationship Between College Diversity Interactions and First-Year Student Outcomes

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 874-894

  Bowman, Nicholas A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Diversity; Intergroup contact; Race ethnicity; Student outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888043702     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-013-9300-0     Document Type: Article

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