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The Next Generation of Diversity and Intergroup Relations Research
Author(s) -
Hurtado Sylvia
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2005.00422.x
Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , equity (law) , democracy , cultural diversity , psychology , longitudinal study , public relations , sociology , social psychology , pedagogy , political science , mathematics education , medicine , anthropology , pathology , politics , law
Recent court decisions and cultural shifts have led to a new focus for work on equity and equality of outcomes in educational settings. This article reviews the contributions of recent diversity studies and then focuses on a longitudinal study of 4,403 college students attending nine public universities. Results show that student interaction with diverse peers during college results in changes in student cognitive, social, and democratic outcomes by the second year of college. Campus efforts to provide opportunities for students to learn about diverse groups inside and outside the classroom have an appreciable impact on students.