Working with Others: Student Employment and Interactions with Diversity in College

This study examines whether students' employment experiences during college are associated with increased interactions with diverse peers, and whether these relationships differ for students from differing racial/ethnic backgrounds. Results suggest that working on-campus during college was positively associated with increased interactions with diverse peers for both the full student sample and for several racial/ethnic subsamples. Additionally, working off-campus was positively associated with increased interactions with diverse peers for one racial/ethnic subsample.