An Assessment of Multicultural Competence
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This study assessed multicultural experiences and competency levels of graduate students in college student personnel (CSP) preparation programs, student affairs staff serving as internship supervisors, and diversity educators. A total of 131 students, staff, and diversity educators from four campuses in two geographical regions within the United States completed several assessments regarding multicultural competence.Respondents in all three groups rated themselves highest for multicultural awareness and lowest on multicultural knowledge. Significant differences by group and by race were observed in respondents’ levels of multicultural competence: student affairs staff members scored significantly higher than did CSP students, and diversity educators scored the highest. Students of color scored significantly higher on this measure than did the White students and the staff members.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Article
- Student Affairs as Change Agents
- Professional Association Involvement of Student Affairs Professionals
- GHB Abuse Trends and Use in Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault: Implications for Prevention
- The Social Construction of Prejudice among Black and White College Students
- Promoting Student Support for Alcohol Misuse Preventionon Campus: The Role of Secondhand Consequence Expectancies
- Distress under Duress: The Relationship between Campus Climate and Depression in Asian American College Students
- Cyberservices: What's Important and How Are We Doing?
- An Assessment of Multicultural Competence
- Salary Predictors and Equity Issues for Student Affairs Administrators at Public and Private Institutions: From Dean to Director of Security
- Hispanic American Students' Cultural Orientation: Does Geographic Location, Institutional Type, or Level of Stress have an Effect?
