Thinking about Race: The Salience of Racial Identity at Two- and Four-Year Colleges and the Climate for Diversity

Sylvia Hurtado, Adriana Ruiz Alvarado and Chelsea Guillermo-Wann

The Journal of Higher Education, 2015, vol. 86, issue 1, 127-155

Abstract: Racial identity salience is an important component of identity development that is associated with a number of educational outcomes. Using the Diverse Learning Environments Survey, this study identifies precollege and college experiences that contribute to a heightened salience of racial identity, and its relationship to perceptions of campus climate.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2015.11777359

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