What resources are available for multicultural teaching?

Consultations, Workshops and Classroom Programs

Center for Research on Learning and Teaching’s Multicultural Teaching webpage
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/multiteaching/multiteaching

Spectrum Center
http://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/

Program on Intergroup Relations, Conflict and Community
http://www.umich.edu/~igrc/

Information on Diversity at U-M

Information on Admissions Lawsuits
http://www.umich.edu/~urel/admissions/

The Michigan Study
http://www.umich.edu/~oami/mss/

Preparing College Students for a Diverse Democracy Study
http://www.umich.edu/~divdemo/

Dialogues on Diversity programs
http://www.rackham.umich.edu/student_life/advice_support/diversity_resou...

Readings and video resources on multicultural teaching Read more »

The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) routinely develops guidelines to help instructors facilitate classroom discussion when controversial or tragic incidents become foremost in students' minds. Here is a set of strong general guidelines to use whenever controversy arises:

CRLT Guidelines for Planning and Facilitating Discussions on Controversial Topics

In the past, guidelines were developed for the following topics: Read more »

See also: Information from the Office of the General Counsel

To Be Inclusive: Include a Statement in the Syllabus

• Include in the course syllabus a statement asking students with disabilities to meet to arrange accommodations.  (Using a standard statement on the syllabus will both protect student privacy and affirm your policy.) 

  Sample Statement endorsed by SACUA: 

  If you think you need an accommodation for a disability, please let me know at your earliest convenience. Some aspects of this course, the assignments, the in-class activities, and the way the course is usually taught may be modified to facilitate your participation and progress. As soon as you make me aware of your needs, we can work with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) to help us determine appropriate academic accommodations. SSD (734-763-3000;
  http://www.umich.edu/sswd) typically recommends accommodations through a Verified Individualized Services and Accommodations (VISA) form. Any information you provide is private and confidential and will be treated as such.

• Note that some academic units have processes that ask students to begin the accommodation process with someone other than the course instructor.