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Differing Perceptions: How Students of Color and White Students Perceive Campus Climate for Underrepresented Groups

Rankin, Susan R, Reason, Robert Dean·2005·Journal of College Student Development
DOI 10.1353/csd.2005.0008
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Using a campus climate assessment instrument developed by Rankin (1998), we surveyed students (n = 7,347) from 10 campuses to explore whether students from different racial groups experienced their campus climates differently. Students of color experienced harassment at higher rates than Caucasian students, although female White students reported higher incidence of gender harassment. Further, students of color perceived the climate as more racist and less accepting than did White students, even though White students recognized racial harassment at similar rates as students of color. Implications are offered for understanding campus climates, providing appropriate interventions, and overcoming White privilegeand resistance.

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  • A majority of students experience harassment on campus; White students most often experience gender-based harassment, while students of color most often report race- or ethnicity-based harassment.

    “Rankin and Reason (2005) found that while a majority of students (84 percent) experience harassment on campus, White students most often experience harassment based on gender, while students of color most often report harassment based on race or ethnicity (p.49).”

    From In Pursuit of Antiracist Social Justice: Denaturalizing Whiteness in the Academic Library (2015) · cites this paper as Rankin and Reason, 2005

  • Student experiences and perceptions of campus racial climate vary significantly by race.

    “Student experiences on campus and their perceptions about the racial climate at institutions of higher education vary significantly by race (Ancis, Sedlacek, & Mohr, 2000;Rankin & Reason, 2005;Harper & Hurtado, 2007).”

    From In Pursuit of Antiracist Social Justice: Denaturalizing Whiteness in the Academic Library (2015) · cites this paper as Rankin & Reason, 2005

  • Students of color are more likely to report campus racial climate as hostile, racist, or unfriendly, while more White students say it is improving.

    “Students of color are more likely to report the campus racial climate as”

    From In Pursuit of Antiracist Social Justice: Denaturalizing Whiteness in the Academic Library (2015) · cites this paper as Rankin and Reason, 2005

  • As a result of racialised experiences, Black/African American college students may experience feelings of isolation, tokenisation, a diminished sense of belonging, and feelings of being an impostor.

    “As a result of these racialised experiences, Black/African American college students may experience feelings of isolation, tokenisation, a diminished sense of belonging, and feelings of being an impostor”

    From Reframing the impostor phenomenon for Black college students (2024) · cites this paper as Rankin & Reason, 2005

  • White students tend to perceive their college campuses as friendly and not racist, whereas Black students, particularly those attending predominantly White institutions, tend to view their campuses as less welcoming and more hostile.

    “As a result, White students tend to perceive their college campuses as being friendly and not racist whereas Black students, particularly those attending predominantly White institutions (PWIs), tend to view their campuses as less welcoming and more hostile”

    From Reframing the impostor phenomenon for Black college students (2024) · cites this paper as Rankin & Reason, 2005

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Authors
Rankin, S. R., & Reason, R. D.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of College Student Development
Publisher
Project MUSE
Published
2005-01
Volume
46
Issue
1
Pages
43-61
ISSN
  • 0897-5264 (ISSN-L)
  • 1543-3382
DOI
10.1353/csd.2005.0008
OpenAlex
W2089017863
Cited by
550
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 39 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 46 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 43 · 2015: 38 · 2014: 41 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 24
FWCI
30.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of college student development (publishedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Keywords
campus climate, students of color, white students, racial harassment, gender-based harassment, perceived racism, white privilege, underrepresented groups, university students

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