- Interracial contact also has direct relevance to the use of ability grouping or academic tracking. These policies are employed widely at all levels of education, particularly in high schools.
- Interracial contact in schools offers students from all racial and ethnic groups the chance to learn about living in a diverse society, giving them an advantage in the workforce due to their experience working in a diverse environment.
- Segregation averaged 0.20 in grades 1 an 4 in 2000-2001 and 0.23 in grades 7 and 10.
- Segregation rose in North Carolina between 1994-1995 and 2000-2001 at every grade level.
- In the upper grades within-school segregation was much higher: 0.12 in grade 7 and 0.15 in grade 10.
- Segregation between schools showed an opposite pattern – highest in elementary grades and lowest in tenth grade.
- There is a greater racial disparity between elementary schools, caused by the larger number of elementary schools and their tendency to reflect racially segregated residential patterns.
- For the whole sample, the actual degree of interracial exposure (15.3% non-White in the average White student’s organization) is some 26% less than it would be if all school organizations within each school had the same racial composition.
- Only about 3% of the White members were in organizations where Whites were one-quarter or less of the group.
- More than half of the non-White members were in organization where whites were one-quarter or less of the group.
- Most all of the studied universities have seen an increase in racially different enrollment, expect for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which have reverted to over 97% Black after a small swell in White enrollment in the 1980s.
- Overall findings: interracial contact increased dramatically as a result of post-Brown desegregation, but contrary forces restrained the extend of this increase.