EDU 866 - Inclusive Leadership

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3

The course takes as a core assumption that inclusion is a concept of shared power. The goal of the course is therefore to help student learners identify a strategy whereby they can individually work with people significantly different from themselves in policy, design and decision-making, particularly as it relates to higher education. This course will help students develop a foundation for research-based practices in the area of inclusion and diversity. Students will therefore leave with a working knowledge of how to create and implement a framework for inclusive excellence and diversity. Guided by a comprehensive strengths-based perspective, students will leave the course with the ability to understand: (1) the impact of racial/ethnic and gender stratification on the higher education system; (2) institutional/organizational and social psychological barriers that systematically impede achievement outcomes; and (3) strengths-based strategies to eliminate racial, ethnic and gender barriers at multiple levels policy, organizational and individual.

Offered Spring