Random Roommates: Supporting Our Students in Developing Friendships across Difference

Autor/in	Hudson, Tara D.
Titel	Random Roommates: Supporting Our Students in Developing Friendships across Difference
Quelle	In: About Campus, 23 (2018) 3, S.13-22 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1086-4822
DOI	10.1177/1086482218804252
Schlagwörter	College Housing; Friendship; Student Attitudes; Peer Relationship; Racial Relations; Racial Differences; College Freshmen; North Carolina (Durham) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studentenunterkunft; Freundschaft; Schülerverhalten; Peer-Beziehungen; Rassenunterschied; Studienanfänger
Abstract	Tara D. Hudson questions the potential of Duke's new policy of random roommate assignment to be successful in supporting learning about diversity. Hudson notes that with random roommate assignments, the conditions for attitude change are not necessarily met. There can be status differential and/or competition between the roommates as well as a lack of institutional training or support. This last can appear to be the institution making minoritized students responsible for their peers' education. More effective, according to Hudson's research, would be living-learning communities that foster friendships based on shared interests and developmentally appropriate support such as intergroup dialogue, intercultural training, and intercultural learning partnerships between roommates. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01