Resources

• Definition: “Making excellence inclusive is thus an active process through which colleges and universities achieve excellence in learning, teaching, student development, institutional functioning, and engagement in local and global communities.”
• “A high-quality, practical liberal education should be the standard of excellence for all students. The action of making excellence inclusive requires that we uncover inequities in student success, identify effective educational practices, and build such practices organically for sustained institutional change.”

As defined by American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC & U)

• Be mindful
• Person first language
• Understand that you may not always have the answer but you do have resources that can help you
• You are not in this alone
• It is okay to not know what to do
• Acknowledge your own biases & work to minimize/eliminate them
• Take time to listen
• Take time to tell your story or part of it
• Be open to learning and be willing to teach – in and out of the classroom.
• Understand that if we follow the foundational values of the institution, inclusive excellence is woven throughout that fabric of your community.

The Unity and Belonging Fund offers grants (up to $1,000) to support the creation and execution of programs, projects or activities that advance the values of hope, unity and belonging within our campus community. Student organizations and individual students collaborating with faculty or staff are encouraged to apply.

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• Making the Most of “Hot Moments” in the Classroom 

• Teaching Students with Disabilities
  
  

• Association of American Colleges & Universities
• American Association of University Professors
• American Council on Education
• American College Personnel Association (ACPA) 
• DiversityinHigherEducation.com
• Diverse Issues in Education
• College Board
• NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education