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A Multi-Level Examination of First-year Students’ Openness to Diversity and Challenge

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  • Woo-jeong Shim
  • Rosemary Jane Perez

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Two of the central missions of higher education are to foster the capacity to interact across differences and to cultivate a citizenry that has an appreciation for the diversity of ideas, perspectives, and cultures that exist within an increasingly complex and global society. Analyzing data from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education with hierarchical linear modeling, this study examined the effects of individual and institutional characteristics on first-year students’ growth in openness to diversity and challenge (ODC). Consistent with previous studies, our results suggest that curricular and cocurricular diversity-relevant experiences were significantly associated with increases in students’ Time 2 ODC. Institutional factors such as diversity density with respect to race/ethnicity and institutional type were found to moderate increases in Time 2 ODC, implying that the benefits of diversity-related experiences may be enhanced with the influence of a specific organizational context. These results can guide educators and administrators to foster educational environments and to utilize educational practices effective for promoting students’ ODC. Moreover, our results reinforce the need for policies that promote and support the creation of structurally diverse campuses if students are to fully reap the educational benefits of their diversity-related experiences.

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  • Woo-jeong Shim & Rosemary Jane Perez, 2018. "A Multi-Level Examination of First-year Students’ Openness to Diversity and Challenge," The Journal of Higher Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 89(4), pages 453-477, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uhejxx:v:89:y:2018:i:4:p:453-477
    DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2018.1434277
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    1. Hobbs, Lonnie Jr. & Wiley, Zelia Z. & Thomas, Raymond & Santillana, Summer & Barkley, Andrew, 2023. "An Evaluation of Undergraduate Student Diversity Experiences in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University," Applied Economics Teaching Resources (AETR), Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 5(1), January.
    2. Barkley, Andrew P. & Wiley, Zelia Z. & Hobbs, Lonnie Jr. & Smades, Summer, 2021. "Openness to Diversity and Challenge: Assessment of Undergraduate Attitudes and Experiences in The College of Agriculture at Kansas State University," Professional Agricultural Workers Journal (PAWJ), Professional Agricultural Workers Conference, vol. 8(1), October.
    3. Musbah Shaheen & Laura S. Dahl & Matthew J. Mayhew & Alyssa N. Rockenbach, 2023. "Inspiring Muslim Appreciation in the First-Year of College: What Makes a Difference?," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 64(2), pages 177-203, March.
    4. Adam M. McCready & Benjamin S. Selznick & Antonio Duran, 2023. "Will Anything Change? Examining Historically White Fraternity Members’ Development of Openness to Diversity in Contemporary Times," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 64(7), pages 1011-1030, November.

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