Diversity and intergroup contact in higher education: Exploring possibilities for democratization through social justice education

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 870-881

  Ross, Sabrina N ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Democracy; Diversity; Higher education; Intergroup relations; Social justice education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903807572     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2014.934354     Document Type: Article

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