The course assumes that higher education is a gateway to the resources of society and that there is a need for institutions to become more socially just for all groups, with emphasis on low-income and minority populations that are traditionally underrepresented.
Was Sie lernen werden
Understand strategies for strengthening socially-just teaching and learning.
Explore strategies and structures needed for institutional change based on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Kompetenzen, die Sie erwerben
- Kategorie: Universities
- Kategorie: diversity
- Kategorie: Higher Education
- Kategorie: inclusion
- Kategorie: Social Justice
Wichtige Details
Erfahren Sie, wie Mitarbeiter führender Unternehmen gefragte Kompetenzen erwerben.
In diesem Kurs gibt es 8 Module
What is a socially-just university? is a question arising at a time when American society is changing, and challenging many institutions to reconsider some of their most fundamental purposes and practices.
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American society is changing and, in so doing, challenging higher education to adapt to these changes. As society increases in its people of African, Asian, and Latin American descent, and people of color become the majority, for example, unanswered questions are arising about what universities are for, and who are they for?
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What is, or should be, the purpose of higher education?
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Learning and teaching are central to the core educational mission of universities, but what happens to these activities when the institutions are changing in their population?
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Research and scholarship produce “knowledge for society,” but knowledge development has various approaches.
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Faculty members are central to higher education, and nothing lasting happens without them. But, what are some ways to engage faculty members, especially at a time when universities are changing in their composition?
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The University of Michigan is involved in a comprehensive effort to transform the institution for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and this effort requires institutional changes at all levels.
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This module will give you an opportunity to reflect on what you’ve learned throughout this experience and to contemplate what pieces of the conversation are missing.
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