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May 14, 2024
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Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG] See drop-down menu above to access other catalogs.
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EDLE 512 - Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education(3 credits)
Prerequisite: EDLE 504
The course focuses upon key dimensions of diversity and social justice (including, but not restricted to the constructs of race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance and age) in a variety of organizations, with implications for problem-solving, conflict resolution, human resource development, leadership and organizational development. The two strands (Diversity and Social Justice) of the course will be integrated at various points to help students think deeply about how to find congruence around social justice in their personal and professional lives and between theory and practice. The increasingly diverse faculty and student populations that comprise modern higher education institutions makes it necessary for policymakers to consider the needs of their constituents and either revise or develop new approaches to effectively serve them. While immigration status, cultural and racial differences are most easily recognized and commonly addressed; the astute higher education administrator of today must realize that “diverse populations” include students affected by physical, social and emotional disabilities; socioeconomic status, as well as age differences. Any of these diversity and social justice issues is likely to result in the enrollment of students who possess a variety of learning styles, which requires instructional academic support systems. The changing demographic of modern students across the globe also requires the provision of appropriate services by the academy that support leadership as well as having in place the necessary structural modifications and special equipment that advocates and unifies all constituents in the academy. Offered annually.
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