Attitudes toward Campus Diversity: Participation in a Racial or Cultural Awareness Workshop

Abstract

A three-year study of 1,061 White undergraduates at 17 U.S. colleges and universities indicated that women and students in relatively liberal majors started college with more favorable attitudes toward diversity on campus than men and students in relatively conservative majors. Although students in conservative majors were less likely to participate in a racial or cultural awareness workshop, they, as well as all other groups of students surveyed, developed more favorable attitudes by participating.