Diversity Resources

The Center for Teaching Excellence recognizes that diversity and inclusion have a direct impact on learning. This page provides an overview of the diversity resources the CTE offers in relation to teaching and learning at Cornell. 

• Programming for Faculty
• Programming for Graduate Students, Future Educators, and TAs
• Resources for the Classroom
• Diversity Resources at Cornell
  

Programming for Faculty

Faculty Institute for Diversity

A program that brings faculty together for two days to engage in discussions and workshops exploring issues of diversity and inclusive teaching practices.

Customized Workshops

The CTE can provide customized workshops for departments on incorporating diversity into new or existing courses and implementing inclusive teaching strategies.

Programming for Graduate Students, Future Educators, and TAs

GET SET Workshop Series

Offers graduate students and postdocs an opportunity to participate in weekly workshops and brownbag sessions throughout the semester. Some sessions are directly related to diversity and inclusive teaching practices:

• Reaching Out to All of Your Students: Culture and Diversity in the Classroom
• Enhance your Teaching by Understanding Students
• Building a Collaborative Learning Environment
• See a full listing of GET SET workshops here.

Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CU-CIRTL)

Cornell University is part of the CIRTL Network, which includes 25 top research universities, with coordination from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The mission of CU-CIRTL “is to prepare graduate students and postdocs for the future professoriate, with a focus on three areas: evidence-based practice of teaching in higher education, inclusive teaching and learning, and mentoring undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs.” See the CU CIRTL web site for more information.

The Center for Integrating Research, Teaching and Learning’s (CIRTL) web pages have case studies on issues of inclusivity in the classroom and other resources related to diversity.

Resources for the Classroom

CTE Web Resources for Engaging Students in Inclusive Classrooms

Building Inclusive Classrooms

• Incorporating Diversity
• Universal Design
• Classroom Climate
• Icebreakers
• Establishing Ground Rules
• Inclusive Teaching Strategies
• Connecting with your Students

Engaging Students

• Learning and Teaching Styles
• Increasing Student Participation
• Using Effective Questions
• Discussions
• Active Learning
• Collaborative Learning
• Writing Assignments
• Problem-Based Learning

CTE Topic Overviews related to Diversity

• CTE Active Learning Techniques
• CTE Connecting with Your Students
• CTE Diversity
• CTE Establishing Ground Rules
• CTE Icebreakers
• CTE Inclusive Teaching
• CTE Learning Styles Sheet
• CTE Managing Classroom Conflict
• CTE Universal Design

Cornell Diversity Resources

Cornell’s Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI) and Cornell’s commitment to diversity provide information on what is going on at Cornell regarding diversity and inclusivity.

"Toward New Destinations" Cornell's institutional university diversity plan.