Center for Inclusion and Diversity

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Resources and Research

 

Resources include financial, pedagogical, educational, local, national, organizational, and human resources. With the support of the Resource Team, the focus here is directed towards both providing and acquiring the means necessary to effectively promote diversity and inclusion both on and beyond campus.

Research includes both accountability and assessment. We need clarity – as in visible, accessible, usable, and useful information – about diversity and inclusion both on campus and beyond it. Key questions we seek to answer with the assistance of CID's Research Team include: What exactly is meant by our uses of the terms diversity and inclusion? Is diversity a critical component of an educational environment, and why? How is diversity best included? Addressing these questions must involve us in considering scholarly work, lived experience, and critical reflection.

Scholarships

Scholarships for Asian Americans

Scholarships for Chicanos/as, Latinos/as, and Hispanics

Scholarships for African Americans

Scholarships for LGBTQ

Scholarships for Native American

Scholarships for Women

Scholarships for Iranian Americans

Scholarships for People with Disabilities

Additional Scholarships

Scholarship Search Engines

Research

The following events were conducted, supported and/or co-funded by the Center for Inclusion and Diversity during the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 semester to provide resources and promote research on retention and recruitment for the students, staff and faculty at the University of San Diego:

  • Webinar: "Diversity, Inclusivity and Civility: Developing and Enhancing Student's Cultural Competence
  • Education course 379: "Research on Retention of African American Students" taught by Professor Joi Spencer in the School of Leadership and Educational Sciences
  • "Belonging" a film by Professor Lisa Nunn, which interviews students about their experience at USD
  • Equity Task Force
  • Faculty Diversity Task Force
  • Core Curriculum Diversity Task Force

Diversity of Human Experience Courses

"D" courses are courses which have a diversity component and focus on the variety of experiences and contributions of individuals and social groups in the United States, especially of those traditionally denied rights and privleges.

These courses are designated with a "D" in the course number. Students take at least one 3 unit "D" course during their time at USD and examine diversity further in the course "Composition and Literature" and in the study of a second language, all of which are part of the core curriculum.

"D" courses in the College of Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum [PDF]

"D" courses in the School of Business and Administration Core Curriculum [PDF]

"D" Course Criteria [PDF]

"D" Course Proposal Form for Faculty [PDF]