Does college racial composition influence the openness to diversity of African American students?

In this study of African American students from 18 four-year institutions, an eight-item Likert-type scale was used to estimate the unique impact of c ollege racial composition on African American students' openness to diversi ty during college. Controlling for an extensive set of confounding influenc es, including precollege openness to diversity, the evidence from the study suggests that the racially homogenous environment of historically Black co lleges does not inhibit growth in African American students' openness to ra cial, cultural, or value diversity.