Race and Class Matters at an Elite College

Elizabeth Aries is Professor of Psychology at Amherst College. She is the author of Men and Women in Interaction: Reconsidering the Differences and Adolescent Behavior: Readings and Interpretations.

• Acknowledgements 1. Becoming a More Diverse College: Challenges and Benefits 2. Investigating Race and Class Matters on Campus 3. First Encounters with Race and Class 4. Negotiating Class Differences 5. Relationships across Race and Class 6. Learning from Racial Diversity 7. Learning from Class-Based Diversity 8. Negotiating Racial Issues 9. As the Year Ended 10. Meeting the Challenges of Diversity Appendix A: On-Line Survey Measures Appendix B: Interview Questions Notes Reference Index

"Finally, a case study that skillfully unpacks the problems of race and privilege, the less visible inheritance of social class, and the well-intentioned but unfinished campus efforts at environmental engineering. Elizabeth Aries’ insights and recommendations are as serious and relevant as the vexing challenges our colleges face."-Eugene M. Tobin, Program Officer for the Liberal Arts Colleges Program at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, former President of Hamilton College, and co-author of Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education