Opportunities for Understanding
Learn more about the various challenges that affect and often times inhibit our pursuit of inclusive excellence.
- 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 $1000) to support the creation and execution of programs, projects, or activities that advance the values of equity, unity, and belonging within our campus community. Student organizations and individual students collaborating with faculty or staff are encouraged to apply.
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity
Belmont University is an institutional member of the NCFDD. Faculty members and academic professionals from all levels have exclusive access to their expansive online resources, including an array of webinars, resources, and programs.
Opportunities for Learning
Below is an ongoing and evolving list of resources that address the topics of cultural awareness, cultural competence and diversity, equity & inclusion.
ReNew Partnership Resources
- Instructor Identity: The Impact of Gender and Race on Faculty Experiences with Teaching
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/sites/default/files/resource_files/CRLT_no19.pdf - Making the Most of “Hot Moments” in the Classroom – University of Michigan
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tuMuMVnI7soHLcTNxzCTqcpkun0ASHW_WvNuxphyyxA/edit - Responding to Incivility in the Classroom
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/incivility - Effective Teaching Practices for Students in Inclusive Classrooms
http://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/articles/inclusion/effectiveteach/ - Creating Inclusive College Classrooms
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/p3_1 - Undergraduate Women in Science & Engineering: Providing Academic Support
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/sites/default/files/resource_files/CRLT_no8.pdf - Teaching Students with Disabilities
http://dsp.berkeley.edu/faculty/resources/teaching
- Dr. Shaun Harper
- Dr. Tim Elmore
- Dr. S.D. Museus
- Dr. Mary F. Howard-Hamilton
- Dr. Estela Mara Bensimon
- Dr. George Kuh
- Dr. Stephen John Quaye
- Dr. Alma Clayton-Pederson
- Dr. Damon A. Williams
- 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