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Terenzini, Patrick T.; Wright, Thomas M. – Research in Higher Education, 1987
A LISREL analysis indicated that students' academic integration level in each of the four years had a direct effect on reported academic skill development in that year and an indirect effect on reported growth in succeeding years. Social integration was influential only in the junior and senior years. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Seniors, Higher Education
Chang, Mitchell J.; Astin, Alexander W.; Kim, Dongbin – Research in Higher Education, 2004
This study utilized a national longitudinal data set of college students to examine the educational relevance of cross-racial interaction and how campuses can best structure such opportunities. The general pattern of findings suggests that cross-racial interaction has positive effects on students' intellectual, social, and civic development. The…
Descriptors: Racial Relations, Undergraduate Students, Longitudinal Studies, Intellectual Development