Student Attitudes Toward Campus Diversity at the U.S. Naval Academy Evidence From Conjoint Survey Experiments

• Published in: Armed forces and society Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 386 - 409
• Main Authors: Polga-Hecimovich, John, Carey, John M., Horiuchi, Yusaku
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications, Ltd 01.04.2021; SAGE Publications; Transaction Inc
• Subjects: Admissions policies; Applicants; Armed forces; Attitudes; Candidates; College faculty; Conjoint analysis; Debates; Disadvantaged; Ethnic groups; Ethnicity; Experiments; Gender; Military officers; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Non-binary gender; Political campaigns; Prioritizing; Race; Recruitment; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomic status; Student attitudes; United States > US; inclusion; faculty recruitment; diversity; Naval Academy; gender; service academies; campus climate; student admissions

Although the value of diversity—in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status—to the U.S. military has been subject to debate, preferences for diversity at educational institutions for the military officers are rarely examined systematically. To address this, we investigate whether m...