Diversity: Faculty Resources
Suggestions for Syllabi Development

The following readings may be helpful in enhancing teaching approaches and incorporating diversity issues into syllabi.

AACU/University of Maryland Diversity Website

http://www.diversityweb.org/

This website from the University of Maryland is “An Interactive Resource Hub for Higher Education” that provides many resources to help campuses understand what it means to value diversity.

AAUP Report: Does Diversity Make a Difference

http://www.aaup.org/Issues/AffirmativeAction/Archives/2000/DIVREP.PDF

This PDF document from American Council on Education and American Association of University Professors provides a report on three research studies that discuss diversity in higher education classrooms.

Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)-- University of Michigan Website

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/multiteaching/multiteaching.html

This faculty website from the University  of Michigan focuses on multicultural teaching resources.

Checklist--Responding to Student Diversity

http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/resources/diversity.html

This checklist from the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon provides general guidelines and suggestions to avoid problems when teaching diverse students.

Creating the Interactive, Diverse Classroom

http://www2.nea.org/he/advo00/advo0002/feature.html

This webpage from the National Education Association (NEA) discusses ideas to make classrooms more open to interactions that come with diverse classrooms.

Creating Inclusive College Classrooms

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/crlttext/P3_1text.html

This article by Saunders, S., and Kardia D. , housed at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) – University of Michigan discusses course content, assumptions, planning, and knowledge of students to create inclusive classrooms.

Developing and Teaching an Inclusive Curriculum

http://www.colorado.edu/ftep/diversity/div03.html

This on-line article by Deborah Flick from Faculty Teaching Excellence Program (FTEP) University of Colorado at Boulder discusses the paradigm shift that may be necessary to teach women and students of color. In addition, there are a checklist, pedagogical techniques, and teaching tips.

Diversity and Complexity in the Classroom: Considerations of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/diversity.html

This chapter from Tools for Teaching is an on-line resource from Berkeley that provides general strategies and tactics to overcome one's own biases and stereotypes. It provides information to help structure course materials, discussions, and activities to be more culturally diverse.

Diversity and Inclusive Teaching

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/interactions/diversity.htm

This resource from Vanderbilt Center for Teaching provides tips to help professors develop teaching strategies to include all students in the college classroom. This resource includes gender, sexual orientation, and disability tips and links. There are also links to articles, other resources, and bibliography.

Diversity in the College Classroom

http://ctl.unc.edu/tfitoc.html

This publication from The Center for Teaching and Learning -  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides information that is helpful in planning instruction for students of color. In addition, the first part suggests ways professors can use knowledge of their background to inform their instructional practices.

Diversity and Education: Sexual Orientations

http://www.colorado.edu/ftep/diversity/div10.html

This on-line article by Ralph Hexter from Faculty Teaching Excellence Program (FTEP) University of Colorado at Boulder focuses on sexual orientation and the impact on the college classroom.

Feminist Pedagogy Resources and Tools

http://womens-studies.osu.edu/pedagogy/difference

This webpage from The Ohio State University provides links to handouts and information that deals with feminist pedagogy.

Fostering Diversity in the Classroom: Teaching by Discussion

http://www.colorado.edu/ftep/diversity/div02.html

An article written by Ron Billingsley for the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, University of Colorado At Boulder that discusses cultural diversity and provides information that faculty can use to change their classroom and teaching interactions so they value all students.

Intergroup Relations

http://www.asu.edu/provost/intergroup/resources/factools.html#anchor97039

This website from the Arizona State University Intergroup Relations Center provides classroom management tools that can be useful in structuring discussions that deal with sensitive topics.

Managing Hot Moments In The Classroom

http://www.bokcenter.harvard.edu/docs/hotmoments.html

An article, by Lee Warren, from Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University that offers tips and insights on managing the classroom environment when issues that are sure to cause conflict arise.

Perceptions of Faculty Behavior by Students of Color

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/publinks/CRLT_no7.pdf

This PDF occasional paper from the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) – University of Michigan provides insights form students of color on their perceptions of their interactions with faculty who are not. Most report that their experiences have been negative.

Sensitivity To Women In The Contemporary Classroom

http://bokcenter.fas.harvard.edu/docs/TFTwomen.html

An on-line document from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University that provides background information about and strategies for including women's voices and views in classrooms.

Teaching in a Diverse Classroom

http://www.usc.edu/programs/cet/private/pdfs/teaching_nuggets/diverse_classroom.PDF

A PDF module from the Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) University of Southern California that provides information, tips, and strategies that are useful in making classrooms accepting of students' diverse backgrounds and learning styles.

Teaching In Racially Diverse College Classrooms

http://www.bokcenter.harvard.edu/docs/TFTrace.htm

This on-line document from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University discusses tips for creating classrooms where diversity flourishes.

Teaching for Diversity

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/crlttext/bib-teachtext.html

This alphabetical, annotated resource list from Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) -- University  of Michigan addresses diversity in higher education and what professors can do to build their knowledge to make their classrooms more accepting of students from diverse backgrounds. Source: Border, L.L.B. & Chism, N. V. N. (Eds.).? New Directions in Teaching and Learning , 1992, Volume 49

Teaching Strategies: Multiculturalism / Diversity in Teaching

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/crlttext/tsmdttext.html

This list of resources from the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) – University of Michigan provides web access to a variety of sites that can help faculty develop multicultural teaching practices.

Teaching Students with Disabilities

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/interactions/disabilities.htm

This website from the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)-- University  of Michigan provides information on how to teach students with disabilities. These include confidentiality, syllabus, teaching, assignments, and testing tips.

Teaching With Diversity Checklist

http://www.csd.uwa.edu.au/tl/99TDChecklist.htm

This checklist from the University of Western Australia , which can be downloaded, provides faculty and departments questions to determine ways to become more diverse.

Teaching with Student Diversity in Mind

http://www.sunybroome.edu/~trc/teachdiverse.html

An article from Broome Community College that provides tips and strategies to make the classroom experience successful for all students.

The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Educators Network (GLSEN)

http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/home.html

This website provides support for students, teachers, and local GLSEN chapters. There are also links that provide news and documents that deal with issues of bullying, surveys, and resources to make schools safer places.

The Influence of Attitudes, Feelings and Behavior Toward Diversity on Teaching and Learning

http://www.colorado.edu/ftep/diversity/div05.html

This article by Lerita Coleman from the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, University of Colorado at Boulder provides questions faculty members might ask themselves to determine how they might behave towards students who are different then they are. In addition, she provides specific teaching tips to help faculty to change their attitudes towards diversity.

The Nature and Problem of Stereotypes

http://www.colorado.edu/ftep/diversity/div06.html

This article by William Wei from the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program (FTEP) University of Colorado at Boulder discusses stereotypes and ways to deal with them.

Your Diversity, the Academic Culture, and Teaching and Learning Styles – Teaching for Inclusion

http://ctl.unc.edu/tfi1.html

Chapter 1 from the Teaching for Inclusion housed on the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) University of North Caroling at Chapel Hill website deals specifically with faculty members' diversity, academic culture, teaching and learning styles.