Influencing Students' Diversity Attitudes: Do Interactions With Faculty Matter?

• In Event: Student Perspectives: Diversity, Inclusion, and Student Engagement on Campus

Abstract

Using data from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education, this study examined the relationship between several faculty practices and interactions with students and two measures of students’ attitudes toward diversity. Findings suggest that several faculty practices are positively associated with favorable diversity attitudes, including use of cooperative learning activities, use of course content that helps students see connections between intended careers and how they affect society, and use of course content that helps students understand the historical, political, and social connections of past events.

Authors

• Teniell L. Trolian, University at Albany, State University of New York

• Eugene T. Parker, The University of Kansas