Thinking about Race: The Salience of Racial Identity at Two- and Four-Year Colleges and the Climate for Diversity

2015/01/01 by Sylvia Hurtado, Adriana Ruiz Alvarado, Chelsea Guillermo-Wann · 59 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Anthropology #Cognitive psychology #Critical Race Theory in Education #Diversity (politics) #Ethnic group #Gender studies #Higher Education Research Studies #Identity (music) #Mentoring and Academic Development #Perception #Psychology #Race (biology) #Racial differences #Racial diversity #Salience (neuroscience) #Social psychology #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1080/00221546.2015.11777359

published in The Journal of Higher Education 86(1), 127-155 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

Racial identity salience is an important component of identity development that is associated with a number of educational outcomes. Using the Diverse Learning Environments Survey, this study identifies precollege and college experiences that contribute to a heightened salience of racial identity, and its relationship to perceptions of campus climate.

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