Guidance For Instructors Leading
Class Discussion on Hurricane Katrina

When a tragic, violent, or other powerfully emotional public event occurs, the impact on individuals and communities may reach your classroom whether you invite it or not.   You may want to address the topic of Hurricane Katrina in class, students may want to discuss it, or the subject may come up spontaneously because of your course content or implications. Read more »

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 »