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Thinking About Race: The Salience of Racial Identity at Two- and Four-Year Colleges and the Climate for Diversity
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 86, Number 1, January/February 2015
- pp. 127-155
- 10.1353/jhe.2015.0000
- Article
- Additional Information
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.