MIT practices in this area (not necessarily for 1^st year students)

Diverse Perspectives

• Curricular:
  • Gender Studies
  • African American Studies
  • Asian Studies
  • Global Poverty
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Latin and Caribbean Studies
  • Middle Eastern Studies
  • The Developing World
  • Women’s Studies
• Co-curricular
  • Dean of Student Life (DSL) programming
    • The Office of Multicultural Programs hosts a Diversity Orientation program as a part of first year orientation. This session for all students includes a program of national diversity speakers, MIT speakers, and opportunities for students to share about their identities. Following the program, students are broken into groups for facilitated breakout conversations with trained faculty and staff facilitators. These breakout conversations are a result of the BSU recommendations. For more information about the Diversity Orientation program, please contact La-Tarri Canty (lcanty@mit.edu), Assistant Dean and Director of Multicultural Programs.
  • Institute Community & Equity Office (ICEO) programming
    • The ICEO works to "cultivate a caring community focused on MIT’s shared values of excellence, meritocracy, openness, integrity, and mutual respect. The programs, resources and general efforts of the office seek to enhance the life and work of MIT faculty, students, postdocs, and staff, with the aim of making everyone here feel that MIT is home.”
  • Office of Minority Education (OME) programming
    • “The OME works to promote academic excellence, build strong communities, and develop professional mindsets among students of underrepresented minority groups, with the ultimate goal of developing leaders in the academy, industry, and society.”

Global Perspectives

• MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI)
• D-Lab
• Global Education and Career Development (GECD)
• Undergraduate Academic Advising Program (UAAP) – International Research Opportunities
• Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center – MIT IDEAS Global Challenge

T+LL Faculty Cohorts – these cohorts support faculty in their use of inclusive teaching practices.

Programs of note

Diversity Perspectives

Institutions with Diversity/Global Course Requirements

• Columbia University: Global Core Requirement

All students must take two Global Core courses from an approved list. The courses require, “students to engage directly with the variety of civilizations and the diversity of traditions that, along with the West, have formed the world and continue to interact in it today. Courses in the Global Core typically explore the cultures of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East in an historical context.”

• Georgetown University: Engaging Diversity Requirement

All Georgetown students are required to take two "engaging diversity" courses to ensure the opportunity to engage with diversity issues in two different contexts: One domestic and one global.

• Occidental College: Cultural Studies Program (a component of their Core)

Students must complete at least 3 courses from the following categories: U.S. Diversity, Global Connections, Regional Focus.

• St. Lawrence University: Diversity Requirement.

Students must complete 2 diversity courses in order to graduate. Students may receive credit one of the diversity courses through a study abroad experience.

• SUNY-Buffalo: American Pluralism and the Search for Equality.

Students are required to complete a one-semester core course in American Pluralism. Students select from an approved list of courses.

• University of Michigan: Race & Ethnicity Requirement

Each student must complete one course that addresses issues arising from racial or ethnic intolerance.

See the University of Michigan – Environmental Scan

• University of Pennsylvania: Cultural Diversity in the US Requirement & Cross-Cultural Analysis Requirements for all students in the College of Arts and Sciences

Each student must complete at least one course in each of these 2 categories

See the University of Pennsylvania – Environmental Scan

• Iowa State University: US Diversity and International Perspectives

All undergraduate students must fulfill graduation requirements in two areas: U.S. Diversity and International Perspectives. The requirements are set within each department/major.

• Oregon State University: Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program

As part of the Baccalaureate Core Curriculum, OSU students must complete one course on Difference, Power and Discrimination. Students can choose from an approved list of courses.

Global Experiences

• Arcadia University: First Year Study Abroad Experience (FYSAE)

Entering students have the option to study abroad (London, England, or Stirling, Scotland) for their first semester. Students attend a new student orientation on campus and participate in a 5-day seminar Crossing Cultures, Borders and Boundaries, before leaving the country. They (typically) enroll in a first-year advising seminar on campus during their spring semester.

• Minerva: Global Experiences and Residential Living

Students are required to live and study in 7 different global cities during their time at Minerva. Students live in residence halls in select neighborhoods in each city, and take classes online.

See the Minerva – Environmental Scan

• University of California – Berkeley: Global Edge

A 1^st Year Program that allows students to spend their fall semester in London. Students take prep classes during the summer prior to matriculation.