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CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
| GOAL
#6: |
INFUSE
DIVERSITY INTO THE CURRICULUM AND PROMOTE PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES
THAT ENCOURAGE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT AND FACILITATE RESPECT OF DIVERSE
PERSPECTIVES |
Objective
#1:
Institute and provide seminars to help faculty develop culturally sensitive
educational opportunities for all students.
Action
#6.1a
Conduct
a needs assessment every five years to help define the types of programs needed
to help transform the curriculum at CMU, so that both teaching
methods and the content of courses reflect the rich diversity
of our society.
Action
#6.1b
Support and endorse diversity training workshops and similar initiatives.
Action
#6.1c
Offer
incentives and opportunities to faculty to integrate diversity
and multiculturalism across the curriculum.
Action
#6.1d
Offer workshops for faculty in a continuing program to bring diversity
awareness and sensitivity to the classroom and the relationships
between faculty and students.
6.1d.1
Provide workshops on cultural differences in learning acquisition
skills.
6.1b.2
Provide workshops on appropriate instructional strategies
for second language and non-traditional learners.
6.1b3
Provide training on cooperative learning. |
Action
#6.1e
Provide
discussion groups in various disciplines, as well as across
disciplines, to address how diversity in teaching and learning
styles can be addressed to improve overall student achievement and
success.
Action
#6.1f
Develop
assessment plans for these programs.
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Objective
#2:
Fund the addition of a research component to the Multicultural Education
Center to bring the best scholarly minds to bear on issues of diversity
and multiculturalism.
Action
#6.2a
Constitute
a committee to develop this idea, a plan and a budget.
Action
#6.2b
Consult departments on the possibility of providing credit toward
tenure and promotion for participation in diversity initiatives,
including research on diversity issues; suggestions for research
include teaching and learning styles, contributions of under-represented
to groups to world culture and history, multiple perspectives
on historical and contemporary issues, etc.
Action
#6.2c
Collaborate
with the Office of Assessment and Curriculum, the Academic Senate
and the colleges on developing the research component.
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Objective #3:
Encourage the promotion and development of study programs and courses
that enhance student learning about diversity, under-represented groups,
and global issues.
Action
#6.3a
Increase the course offerings in the relevant general education requirements
(specifically Groups IV-B and IV-C).
Action
#6.3b
Strengthen opportunities to study abroad and exchange programs to
provide students with opportunities to study and live in a culture
other than their own.
Action
#6.3c
Assist faculty with infusing diversity and multicultural education
into their courses.
Action
#6.3d
Review and strengthen, where needed, existing programs: American
Ethnic Studies Minor, American Indian Studies Minor, Bilingual
Bicultural Education, Latin American Studies Interdisciplinary
Minor, Women's Studies Major and Minor.
Action
#6.3e
Establish
committees to explore the development of new study programs, e.g.,
African American Studies, Disability Studies, and Gay, Lesbian
and Bisexual Studies.
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