Integrating Multiculturalism into the Curriculum : From the Liberal Arts to the Sciences (New ed)

This reader introduces the Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute, a successful multicultural curriculum transformation paradigm that is a model for colleges and universities across the country and abroad.

Section I details the history of the effective implementation of the strategies at a university in Texas over the last seven years with emphasis on goals, pedagogical strategies, institutional support, and faculty recruitment.

Section II gives an in-depth look at a sampling of content units presented during the Institute.

Section III highlights faculty who attended Institute training and the resulting implementation of the strategies and student feedback; it also showcases a multicultural assessment instrument, a useful tool for determining if a course is multicultural.

Section IV presents a variety of transformed courses from six colleges within the university.