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Race and Class beyond Enrollment: The Link between Socioeconomic Diversity and Cross-Racial Interaction

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  • Julie Park
  • Nicholas Bowman
  • Nida Denson
  • Kevin Eagan

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Colleges increasingly emphasize the importance of socioeconomic diversity, but little work examines the link between such diversity and outcomes important to the campus climate. Using a national dataset, we test the link between two measures of socioeconomic diversity and cross-racial interaction, an outcome paramount to triggering the benefits of diversity. Findings indicate that there was no direct effect associated with this form of socioeconomic diversity. However, cross-racial interaction was lowest at institutions with lower structural income diversity and lower structural racial diversity. Comparison of predictors between income groups also identify that middle and upper-income Black students have significantly higher rates of cross-racial interaction. Implications for policymakers and educators are discussed.

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  • Julie Park & Nicholas Bowman & Nida Denson & Kevin Eagan, 2019. "Race and Class beyond Enrollment: The Link between Socioeconomic Diversity and Cross-Racial Interaction," The Journal of Higher Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 90(5), pages 665-689, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uhejxx:v:90:y:2019:i:5:p:665-689
    DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2018.1547032
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