The Role of Perceptions of Prejudice and Discrimination on the Adjustment of Minority Students to College

Learning Environment, Interaction, Sense of Belonging and Study Success in Ethnically Diverse Student Groups

“…Similarly, while some studies found a relationship between integration and study progress (Berger and Milem 1999), others did not (Nora and Cabrera 1996) or found only a weak relationship (Beekhoven 2002;Beekhoven et al 2002).…”

“…These differences in measurement of the concepts academic and social integration can be a possible explanation for the variety of results in terms of differences in integration levels, sometimes with majority students scoring higher (Beekhoven 2002;Eimers and Pike 1997), sometimes with no score differences (Berger and Milem 1999) occurring, and sometimes with minority students scoring higher (Nora and Cabrera 1996). Similarly, while some studies found a relationship between integration and study progress (Berger and Milem 1999), others did not (Nora and Cabrera 1996) or found only a weak relationship (Beekhoven 2002;Beekhoven et al 2002).…”

“…For example, Cabrera et al (1992) used two questionnaire items concerning friendship with other students. In a later study Nora and Cabrera (1996) used a nine-item scale measuring overall satisfaction with the social life of the students at campus, an easiness in making friends, and the influence of such relationships on students' intellectual growth. Both Berger and Milem (1999) and Braxton et al (2000) estimated social integration by measuring peer groups relations and out-of-class interactions with faculty members.…”

Catholic Higher Education and Latino(a) Students: Exploring the Experience of University Undergraduates

“…Interestingly, the empirical data were not in synchrony with a popular model of student departure from college advanced by some (Nora & Cabrera, 1996;Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991) as potentially important in explaining the high attrition rates of minorities in college. Tinto (1987Tinto ( , 1993 assumed that students of color need to dissociate somewhat from their own cultures to assimilate into college life.…”

Serving a Stranger or Serving Myself: Alternative Breaks and the Influence of Race and Ethnicity on Student Understanding of Themselves and Others

“…Research has shown that White students and Students of Color experience college in vastly different ways. Students of Color, for instance, are more likely to perceive prejudice and discrimination on campus than White students (Fischer, 2007;Nora & Cabrera, 1996;Rankin & Reason, 2005) and to believe that White interests are favored over other populations (Harper & Hurtado, 2007). Conversely, White students are more satisfied with their social environments and many assume Students of Color experience college the same way (Harper & Hurtado, 2007).…”