TY  - JOUR
T1  - Multicultural Awareness via Residential College
AU - Idris, Fazilah AU - Hassan, Zaharah AU - Ya`acob, Azizah AU - Kaur Gill, Saran AU - Awal, Noor Aziah Mohd 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 7
IS  - 4
SP  - 560
EP  - 567
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2012.560.567
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2012.560.567
KW  - ethnic
KW  -culture
KW  -social skill
KW  -Residential college
KW  -multicultural awarenes
KW  -implications
AB  - Research has revealed that living on campus via residential 
  college grants significant impact not only on students’ 
  immediate achievement and adjustment to university life but also their long-term 
  academic career, personal success and functional member of a multiethnic society. 
  It is believed that by attending and living on campus in a residential college, 
  students learn and experience new things. In line with that this study which 
  is part of a larger scale study on Language and Social Cohesion in the Formation 
  of National Identity funded by University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) would try 
  to examine the role of residential college in enhancing multicultural awareness 
  which is very important in a multiethnic society. A total of 382 students from 
  various ethnic backgrounds staying in residential colleges in UKM participated 
  in this study through responding to a set of self-administered questionnaire. 
  Findings of the study illustrate that students benefit significantly from education 
  that takes place within a diverse setting. Moreover, they encounter and learn 
  from others who have backgrounds and characteristics very different from their 
  own. Further analyses and the implications of the study will also be discussed.
ER  -