Diversity and Intergroup Contact in Higher Education: Exploring Possibilities for Democratization Through Social Justice Education

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-7-2014

Publication Title

Teaching in Higher Education

DOI

10.1080/13562517.2014.934354

ISSN

1470-1294

Abstract

This study contributes to research linking diversity and higher education teaching to democratic learning outcomes. It explores processes and outcomes associated with the intergroup contact of Black and White students enrolled in two sections of a diversity education course at a public university in the southeastern United States. The goals of this study were: (1) to explore the intergroup dynamics that emerged when students interacted in both sections of the course; and (2) to identify student support for intergroup cooperation as a result of their experiences in the course. While one section of the course experienced a high degree of intergroup conflict, students in both sections reported support for intergroup cooperation at the end of the course.

Link to Full Text

Share

COinS