Low persistence and degree completion rates continue to plague higher education, and students of color persist at even lower rates than their White peers. Research has linked greater sense of belonging in college to increased intentions to persist to graduation. However, research on how culturally relevant and responsive campus environments facilitate or hinder belonging and subsequent graduation among racially diverse college student populations is sparse. Using linear regression techniques, the authors use survey data from 870 students at an urban public research university to examine the relationship between culturally engaging campus environments and sense of belonging among White students and students of color. Results show that culturally engaging environments explain a significant portion of the variance in the belonging outcome for both White students and students of color. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

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文化参与的校园环境如何影响大学的归属感：白人学生和有色人种学生之间差异的检验。

低坚持率和学位完成率继续困扰着高等教育，有色人种学生的坚持率甚至低于白人同龄人。研究已将大学归属感的增强与坚持毕业的意愿增加联系起来。然而，关于文化相关和反应灵敏的校园环境如何促进或阻碍不同种族大学生群体的归属感和随后的毕业的研究很少。作者使用线性回归技术，使用来自城市公立研究型大学的 870 名学生的调查数据来检验具有文化吸引力的校园环境与白人学生和有色人种学生之间的归属感之间的关系。结果表明，文化参与的环境解释了白人学生和有色人种学生的归属感结果差异的很大一部分。讨论了对研究和实践的影响。