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U.S. Diversity & Global U.S. Diversity & Global Learning:Learning:Meeting at the IntersectionsMeeting at the Intersections
Harvey Charles,Kevin Hovland, and Caryn McTighe Musil
AAC&U DLIE Network ConferenceHouston, Texas October 21, 2010
Workshop ScheduleWorkshop Schedule
2:00-2:15 Welcome and Introductions2:15-2:25 Framing the Workshop2:25-3:00 Intersecting Learning Goals ?3:00-3:30 Spaces for Strategic
Collaborations3:30-3:45 Break3:45-4:20 Case Study: Lessons from a
Campus4:20-4:45 Sharing Strategies4:45-5:00 Closing Comments
Participant IntroductionsParticipant Introductions
Name, Institution, and one burning question that you would like to see addressed during the workshop . . . all in thirty seconds
Diversity and Diversity and Global/International:Global/International:
Why the Fracas? . . .and things to
remember in the middle of it
Sources of TensionSources of Tension
Different histories Different languages Different structural locations Different personnel Different missions Different resources and different
sources of authority and respect
Five axiomsFive axioms1. There is good reason to be wary.
2. You have more capacity to transform your institution working collaboratively than singly.
3. You can learn a lot from one another.
4. Students need the knowledge, practices, and perspectives from both fields.
5. Human beings share a single planet; our fates are intertwined.
Trends in Institutional Approaches to Trends in Institutional Approaches to Diversity Diversity Trends in Institutional Approaches to Trends in Institutional Approaches to Diversity Diversity From Access and Success to Wide-Ranging
Campus Innovations in Multiple Locations
From Single, Isolated Programs to More Comprehensive Institutional Approaches
From “Fixing” New Students to Recasting Institutional Missions
From Single to Multiple and Intersecting Differences
More Diversity TrendsMore Diversity Trends Race as More than Black and With and
Diversity as More than Race
Diversity within and across U.S. Borders
Diversity as a Catalyst for Institutional Improvement
Diversity as a Means to Achieve Academic Excellence and Democratic Dispositions
Global Studies has Evolved Global Studies has Evolved TooToo From Assuming Discrete, Independent
Nation States to Integrated Global Systems
From Only Europe to More of the Globe
From “Us” and “Them” to “We”
From “Over There” To Everywhere
More Global/International More Global/International TrendsTrends From One Non-Western Course in
General Education to Addressing Global Issues in Multiple Classes
From Visiting a Place to Being Part of a Place and a Perspective
From Former Colonizers Telling the Story to Voice of the Subaltern Narrating Their Own Histories
Spaces in the IntersectionsSpaces in the Intersections
Comparative Perspectives on Cultural Diversity and Identity
Expanded Definitions of Diversity
America and the World
Diasporas, Migrations, and Immigration
More Spaces in the More Spaces in the IntersectionsIntersections Quests for Recognition and Community
Social hierarchies, Power, Privilege, and Discrimination
Global frameworks and common issues
Service Learning and Community-based Research in local and global contexts
Defining Learning Defining Learning Goals/OutcomesGoals/Outcomes
What should students know and be capable of and disposed to doing in their work and civic lives? Knowledge
select four primary ones Skills
select four primary ones Dispositions/Values
select four primary ones
Strategies to Match Learning Strategies to Match Learning Spaces with Desired Learning Spaces with Desired Learning OutcomesOutcomes
Working in small roundtable groups, share strategies that can be employed in the arenas where collaboration at the intersections of diversity and global campus work is already underway or could become a new site for enhancing teaching and learning?
A Case Study: A Case Study: Lessons from a CampusLessons from a Campus
Harvey Charles, Northern Arizona University
(see his separate power points)
Closing CommentsClosing Comments
At the Intersections: Shared At the Intersections: Shared Educational CommitmentsEducational CommitmentsPrinciples of Excellence
Teach the Arts of Inquiry and Innovation Engage the Big Questions Connect Knowledge with Choices and
Actions Foster Civic, Intercultural, and Ethical
Learning Assess Students’ Ability to Apply
Learning to Complex Problems
How Might You Form Multicultural How Might You Form Multicultural Alliances With One Another?Alliances With One Another? Deepen your collective knowledge
about each other’s work
Explore cross cutting topics relevant to both arenas
Explore the struggles for justice in and outside of U.S. borders
Examine research that reveals relation of these areas to student learning
AAC&U’s Common Learning Goals AAC&U’s Common Learning Goals Across Both Global and Diversity Across Both Global and Diversity LearningLearningTo develop the knowledge and commitment
to be socially responsible citizens in a diverse democracy and interconnected but unequal world, students will need to:
Gain a deep, comparative knowledge of the world’s peoples and problems;
Explore the historical legacies that have created the dynamics and tensions of their world;
Develop intercultural competencies to move across boundaries and unfamiliar territory and see the world from multiple perspectives;
Global and Diversity Learning, 2Global and Diversity Learning, 2
Sustain difficult conversations in the face of highly emotional and perhaps uncongenial differences;
Understand—and perhaps redefine—democratic principles and practices with an intercultural and global context;
Gain opportunities to engage in practical work with fundamental issues that affect communities not yet well served by their societies
Believe that one’s actions and ideas matter and can influence the world they live in.
“Diversity is about everyone.Global is about everywhere.”
Kevin Hovland, AAC&U
“Otis is training us to use the skills they have taught us to solve the world’s problems. We work together and learn from each other, because we can’t save the world on our own.” An Otis College of Art and Design Student
To learn more about AAC&U and its To learn more about AAC&U and its resources, visit resources, visit www.aacu.org and and www.diversityweb.org where you can where you can find the tri-quarterly, find the tri-quarterly, Diversity & Diversity & Democracy: Civic Learning for Shared Democracy: Civic Learning for Shared FuturesFutures
To reach any of us, email:To reach any of us, email:[email protected]@[email protected]