ABSTRACT A heterogeneous student body is valued in part because diverse interactions among students help create educated and competent citizens and promote learning and development. Campus housing is a primary setting for diverse interactions as students navigate living with individuals who differ from themselves. This study investigated how the roommate assignment process influences interactional diversity and perceptions of the campus environment for first-year students living on campus, and if these relationships differ by race/ethnicity and national origin. On average, students whose roommates were assigned by the institution (as opposed to choosing their own roommates) did not interact with diverse others more often. At the same time, however, Asian, Black and multiracial students who were assigned roommates by the institution perceived a substantially less welcoming campus environment than their same-race peers who chose their roommates. This difference was not observed for White students.

中文翻译：

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第一年宿舍室友分配政策与互动多样性和校园环境感知的关系

摘要 多元化的学生群体之所以受到重视，部分原因在于学生之间的多样化互动有助于培养受过良好教育和有能力的公民，并促进学习和发展。校园住宿是进行各种互动的主要场所，因为学生可以与与自己不同的人一起生活。本研究调查了室友分配过程如何影响居住在校园的一年级学生对校园环境的互动多样性和感知，以及这些关系是否因种族/民族和民族而有所不同。平均而言，由机构分配室友（而不是选择自己的室友）的学生不会更频繁地与不同的其他人互动。但与此同时，亚洲，与选择室友的同种族同龄人相比，由该机构分配室友的黑人和多种族学生认为校园环境要逊色得多。白人学生没有观察到这种差异。