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Komives, Susan R Cox, Leah Kendra Digital Repository at the University of Maryland University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) Counseling and Personnel Services 2010-10-07T05:50:05Z 2010-10-07T05:50:05Z 2010 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/10847 ABSTRACT Title of Document: INTERACTIONAL DIVERSITY AND THE ROLE OF A SUPPORTIVE RACIAL CLIMATE Leah Kendra Cox Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Dissertation Directed By: Dr. Susan R. Komives, Professor Department of Counseling and Personnel Services This study examines student's perception of the campus racial climate and interactional diversity at selective undergraduate liberal arts institutions through an examination of data collected in the 2005 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Student responses are selected from institutions identified as members of a specified group of Virginia peers and institutions identified as members of COPLAC. The primary variables used to assess climate and diversity include: class standing, race, gender, institution type, enrollment, location and compositional diversity (i.e., racial composition). Findings indicate that perceptions of the campus racial climate are primarily related to class standing. In addition, it was determined that a significant predictor of interactional diversity is student's perception of a supportive racial campus climate. Finally, findings lend initial credibility to the claim that seniors and females perceive a less supportive campus climate at some institutions. Interactional Diversity and the Role of a Supportive Racial Climate Dissertation Education, Higher Education, Administration campus climate Diversity interactional diversity Multicultural students Racial climate Student engagement open.access