- In the national study and the Michigan study, diversity experiences had significant effects on educational outcomes for all groups of students, to varying degrees.
- Diversity was significantly positively related to learning outcomes even when controlling for individual characteristics of students. The observed effects were positive for nearly all students.
- In the national study informal interaction with diverse others was more influential than classroom diversity for all groups of students.
- In the Michigan study, all three diversity experiences were influenced for at least one group of students and for at least one kind of learning outcome, suggesting that students of color respond differently to opportunities for diversity experiences and have distinct interaction patterns that affect different outcomes.
- The most consistent effects were found for white students. Results were consistent across both the national and the Michigan studies.
- The effects of the different kinds of diversity experiences are significant after controlling for the other diversity experiences.
- The models explain 3%-49% of the variance across both students, across the various groups of students, and across the various outcome measures.
- In the national study diversity experiences explain 1.5%-12.6% of the variance in educational outcomes for the four groups (White, Black, Latino, Asian American).
- In the Michigan study, the three diversity experiences explained 1.9%-13.8% of the variance in educational outcomes of the three racial groups.