As college has increasingly become part of emerging adulthood for United States youth, Predominantly White and Historically White Institutions (PWI/HWIs) have faced pressures to diversify and address problematic racial/ethnic campus climates. Within the rich and evolving literature, there is room for better understanding how Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) emerging adults experience institutional messaging. This report draws on environmental press and meaning making to explore this experience for 21 BIPOC students at an urban, Midwestern PWI/HWI. In focus groups, students highlighted the role of the university’s messaging around race/ethnicity and inclusion as problematic: negative descriptions about the urban context surrounding the university held implicit messages about BIPOC students on campus, while positive messaging about inclusion and diversity efforts was dissonant with the lack of perceived action. The findings speak to the importance of emerging adults’ perception and interpretation of messaging and institutional action to promote diversity.

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在一个以白人为主的机构中围绕种族和包容的信息和行动：黑人、土著和有色人种学生的感知不和谐

随着大学越来越成为美国青年成年后的一部分，主要是白人和历史上的白人机构 (PWI/HWI) 面临着多样化和解决有问题的种族/民族校园气候的压力。在丰富且不断发展的文献中，有更好地了解黑人、土著和有色人种 (BIPOC) 新兴成年人如何体验机构信息传递的空间。本报告利用环境新闻和意义创造来探索中西部城市 PWI/HWI 的 21 名 BIPOC 学生的这种体验。在焦点小组中，学生们强调了大学关于种族/民族和包容性的信息的作用是有问题的：对大学周围城市环境的负面描述隐含了关于校园 BIPOC 学生的信息，而关于包容和多元化努力的积极信息与缺乏感知行动不一致。调查结果说明了新兴成年人对信息的感知和解释以及促进多样性的机构行动的重要性。