The Diversity Challenge: Social Identity and Intergroup Relations on the College Campus

Contents

Contents About the Authors vii Acknowledgments ix PART I Theoretical Background and Overview of the Study 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 3 Chapter 2 Theoretical Orientations and Major Themes 9 Chapter 3 The Site and the Study 32 PART II Sociopolitical Attitudes and Group Identities: The Entering Student and Persisting Differences 63 Chapter 4 Cultural Diversity and Sociopolitical Attitudes at College Entry 65 Chapter 5 The Overall Effects of College on Students’ Sociopolitical Attitudes 100 Chapter 6 The Origins and Persistence of Ethnic Identity Among the New-Immigrant Groups 136 Chapter 7 In Search of a Common Ingroup Identity: National and University Identities 163 PART III The Impact of Specific University Experiences on Sociopolitical Attitudes and Academic Adjustment 183 Chapter 8 The Effects of Close Intergroup Contact: Interethnic Friendship and Dating in College 185 Chapter 9 The Effects of Contact with Ethnically Diverse Roommates 206 Chapter 10 Ethnic Organizations and Ethnic Attitudes on Campus 228 Chapter 11 Minority Ethnic Groups and the University Experience 250 PART IV Conclusions 293 Chapter 12 Summary and Theoretical Integration 295 Appendix A: Survey Questions, Scales, and Waves 325 Appendix B: Table of Scale Reliabilities by Wave 349 Appendix C: Attrition Analyses 353 Notes 363 References 405 Index 431 Contents ...