Taking Race into Account: Charting Student Attitudes towards Affirmative Action

dc.contributor.author	Park, Julie
dc.date.accessioned	2009-11-13T15:01:56Z
dc.date.available	2009-11-13T15:01:56Z
dc.date.issued	2009-11-13T15:01:56Z
dc.identifier.citation	Research in Higher Education, Volume 50, Number 7, November 2009, pp 670-690	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/4378
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines student attitudes towards affirmative action over 4 years of college. Asian American and Latino/a students were more likely than White students to disagree strongly or somewhat with abolishing affirmative action after 4 years of college. A studentÃ Â¢ s attitude towards the policy as a first-year student, peer group influence, and political orientation were significant predictors of student attitudes of affirmative action during the fourth year of college. The findings suggest that while college plays some role in shaping affirmative action attitudes, its influence is somewhat limited in comparison to the background traits and attitudes that students bring to college.	en
dc.title	Taking Race into Account: Charting Student Attitudes towards Affirmative Action	en
dc.type	Text	en_US
dc.date.published	2009-11-01

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