Interactional Diversity and the Role of a Supportive Racial Climate

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dc.contributor.advisorKomives, Susan Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorCox, Leah Kendraen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-07T05:50:05Z
dc.date.available2010-10-07T05:50:05Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT Title of Document: INTERACTIONAL DIVERSITY AND THE ROLE OF A SUPPORTIVE RACIAL CLIMATE Leah Kendra Cox Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Dissertation Directed By: Dr. Susan R. Komives, Professor Department of Counseling and Personnel Services This study examines student's perception of the campus racial climate and interactional diversity at selective undergraduate liberal arts institutions through an examination of data collected in the 2005 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Student responses are selected from institutions identified as members of a specified group of Virginia peers and institutions identified as members of COPLAC. The primary variables used to assess climate and diversity include: class standing, race, gender, institution type, enrollment, location and compositional diversity (i.e., racial composition). Findings indicate that perceptions of the campus racial climate are primarily related to class standing. In addition, it was determined that a significant predictor of interactional diversity is student's perception of a supportive racial campus climate. Finally, findings lend initial credibility to the claim that seniors and females perceive a less supportive campus climate at some institutions.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10847
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducation, Higheren_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducation, Administrationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcampus climateen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDiversityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinteractional diversityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMulticultural studentsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRacial climateen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledStudent engagementen_US
dc.titleInteractional Diversity and the Role of a Supportive Racial Climateen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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