Creating Successful Multicultural Initiatives in Higher Education and Student Affairs : New Directions for Student Services, Number 144

Looking for practical tips and useful guidelines for designing and implementing successful multicultural initiatives? This resource will help you to set up a program and/or a set of strategies that promotes skill development to better manage difference on a personal, institutional, community, or societal level. It also introduces "diversity as a value versus diversity as a good" as a conceptual lens for which to view multicultural initiatives. Using this conceptual lens will assist educators in identifying the philosophical foundation of a given initiative. College educators can ask themselves the fundamental question--Is their multicultural initiative grounded in surface-level outcomes or in far-reaching change? By sharing concrete examples of multicultural initiatives, the authors in this sourcebook are inviting readers into a conversation that might spark change or a new initiative on the reader's own campus. This is the 144th volume of this Jossey-Bass higher education quarterly series. An indispensable resource for vice presidents of student affairs, deans of students, student counselors, and other student services professionals, New Directions for Student Services offers guidelines and programs for aiding students in their total development: emotional, social, physical, and intellectual. Annotation. Looking for practical tips and useful guidelines for designing and implementing successful multicultural initiatives? This resource will help you to set up a program and/or a set of strategies that promotes skill development to better manage difference on a personal, institutional, community, or societal level. It also introduces "diversity as a value versus diversity as a good" as a conceptual lens for which to view multicultural initiatives. Using this conceptual lens will assist educators in identifying the philosophical foundation of a given initiative. College educators can ask themselves the fundamental question--Is their multicultural initiative grounded in surface-level outcomes or in far-reaching change?By sharing concrete examples of multicultural initiatives, the authors in this sourcebook are inviting readers into a conversation that might spark change or a new initiative on the reader's own campus. This is the 144th volume of this Jossey-Bass higher education quarterly series. An indispensable resource for vice presidents of student affairs, deans of students, student counselors, and other student services professionals, "New Directions for Student Services" offers guidelines and programs for aiding students in their total development: emotional, social, physical, and intellectual Designing And Implementing Multicultural Initiatives : Guiding Principles / Sherry K. Watt -- Making Meaning Through Multicultural Initiatives / Becki Elkins, Kenneth Morris Jr., Gwendolyn Schimek -- Building And Sustaining A Campus-wide Multicultural Initiative / Georgina Dodge And Lindsay Jarratt -- Navigating Difference Through Multicultural Service Learning / Kira Pasquesi -- Who I Am Is The Text. Who I Become Is The Purpose / Heidi Arbisi-kelm [and Five Others] -- Courage In Multicultural Initiatives / Sherry K. Watt [and Three Others] -- Building Multicultural Residential Communities : A Model For Training Student Staff / Taryn Ptryk, Monita C. Thompson, Trelawny Boynton -- Race Caucuses : An Intensive, High-impact Strategy To Create Social Change / Kathy Obear And Becky Martinez -- Spiritual Development As A Social Good / Mona Hicks And Uyen Tran-parsons -- Addressing Underrepresentation In Stem Fields Through Undergraduate Interventions / Jodi L. Linley And Casey E. George-jackson. Sherry K. Watt, Jodi L. Linley, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Looking for practical tips and useful guidelines for designing and implementing successful multicultural initiatives? This resource will help you to set up a program and/or a set of strategies that promotes skill development to better manage difference on a personal, institutional, community, or societal level. It also introduces "diversity as a value versus diversity as a good" as a conceptual lens for which to view multicultural initiatives. Using this conceptual lens will assist educators in identifying the philosophical foundation of a given initiative. College educators can ask themselves the fundamental question--Is their multicultural initiative grounded in surface-level outcomes or in far-reaching change? By sharing concrete examples of multicultural initiatives, the authors in this sourcebook are inviting readers into a conversation that might spark change or a new initiative on the reader's own campus."--Provided by publisher 4 Navigating Difference through Multicultural Service LearningService Learning and Multicultural Service Learning; Service Learning as a Multicultural Initiative; Facilitating Multicultural Service Learning; Additional Considerations for Practice; Preparation Is Key; The Timeframe Matters; Begin with Individual Action; Ongoing Facilitator Skill Development; Closing Thoughts; References; 5 Who I Am Is the Text. Who I Become Is the Purpose; Student SEED's Essential Elements; SEED's Conceptual Foundation; Intentional Course Composition; Instructional Team; SEED Curriculum; Conclusion; References 6 Courage in Multicultural InitiativesPrinciples and Practices of the Circle of Trust® Approach; Key Principles of the Circle of Trust® Approach; Inner Work Requires Solitude and Community; An Appreciation of Paradox Enriches Our Lives and Helps Us Hold Greater Complexity; A "Hidden Wholeness" Underlies Our Lives; Key Practices of the Circle of Trust® Approach; Committing to No Fixing, Advising, "Saving," or Correcting One Another; Asking Honest, Open Questions to "Hear Each Other into Speech; Using Multiple Modes of Reflection So Everyone Can Find His or Her Place and Pace Uses of the Circle of Trust® Principles and Practices: Teaching Multiculturalism in Higher Education and Student AffairsIntroducing the Instructor Team; Using the Circle of Trust® Approach: Philosophical Tensions; Using the Circle of Trust® Approach: A Unique Classroom Activity; Critical Reflections and Questions on Uses of Circles of Trust® with Multicultural Initiatives; Conclusions; References; 7 Building Multicultural Residential Communities: A Model for Training Student Staff; Course Development; Structure and Co-Facilitation; Curriculum; Identity Development Creating Successful Multicultural Initiatives in Higher Education and Student Affairs; CONTENTS; EDITORS' NOTES; 1 Designing and Implementing Multicultural Initiatives: Guiding Principles; Diversity as a "Social Value" versus Diversity as a "Social Good"; Three Guiding Principles for Designing Effective Multicultural Initiatives; Multilevel Transformational Approach; Balancing Head, Heart, and Hands; Intentional Goal Alignment; Advice for Gardeners: Self-Care and the Socially and Politically Conscious-Minded College Educator; Conclusion; References 2 Making Meaning through Multicultural InitiativesAssessment; Case Study; Cornell College; Cornell College Multicultural Initiatives; Assessing Cornell College Multicultural Initiatives; Additional Recommendations; References; 3 Building and Sustaining a Campus-Wide Multicultural Initiative; The Context; The Model: National Coalition Building Institute; Gaining Institutional Support; The Participant Experience; Ongoing Facilitator and Team Development; Campus Perceptions and Response; Assessing Impact; The Journey Continues; References Creating Successful Multicultural Initiatives in Higher Education and Student Affairs: New Directions for Student Services, Number 144