| Abstrakt: |
The diversity among undergraduate students in the United States has peaked recently. This quantitative study aims to investigate medical students' perceptions regarding the factors (gender/age/religious beliefs/disabilities, immigration status/political affiliation/sexual orientation) directing their overall campus satisfaction with diversity and inclusion practice. The survey responses were collected from 180 students at a Public Health College in the State of New Jersey. The researcher performed descriptive analyses, Pearson Correlation, One-way ANOVA, and t-test to answer the overarching question and its hypotheses. The results indicate a statistically significant strong positive correlation between students' perceptions of overall campus satisfaction regarding diversity and inclusion and their interaction with people from different religious backgrounds, interaction with other students with disabilities, communication with undocumented immigrants, interaction with other students from different political affiliation, and interaction with people from different genders and age groups. However, the findings reveal no statistically significant correlation between students' overall campus satisfaction and their interaction with students from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, socioeconomic backgrounds, or sexual orientations. Implications of these relationships are discussed with their pedagogical and institutional best practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
