Print Resources

Bernice Resnick Sandler, Lisa A. Silverberg, and Roberta M. Hall. The Chilly Classroom Climate: A Guide to Improve the Education of Women. Washington, DC: National Association of Women in Education, 1996. See www.bernicesandler.com/id12.htm for a preview of the book, which is out of print but available from many university libraries.

Clewell, Beatriz Chu, and Campbell, Patricia B.  "Taking Stock:  Where We've Been, Where We
Are, Where We're Going."  In the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering,
volume 8, pp. 255-284, 2002.  Available online at
www.campbell-kibler.com/Taking_Stock.pdf.

Davis, Barbara Gross. "Diversity and Complexity in the Classroom: Considerations of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender." In Tools for Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. Available online at www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/ FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/diverse.htm.

Jones, T., and Auletta Young, G. S. "Classroom Dynamics: Disclosing the Hidden Curriculum." In Multicultural Course Transformation in Higher Education: A Broader Truth, edited by Ann Morey and Margie Kitano. Needham Heights, Mass.: Allyn & Bacon, 1997.

Trent, Judith. Included in Communication: Learning Climates That Cultivate Racial and Ethnic Diversity. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 2002. Teaching strategies with the goal of all students succeeding. Available online at www.aahe.org/catalog/iteminfo.cfm?itemid=139&compid=1.

 

Organizational and Individual Websites and Online Articles

American Association for Higher Education. www.aahe.org/ (December 2002). See especially the information on AAHE's diversity initiatives at www.aahe.org/diversityprogram.htm, a site that includes several resources not listed here.

Anderson, James. "Tailoring Assessment to Student Learning Styles: A Model for Diverse Populations." www.aahebulletin.com/public/archive/styles.asp (March 2001). An article from the AAHE Bulletin.

Arden, Eugene, "The Age of Incivility: Thinking About Aged-Based Diversity." www.aahebulletin.com/public/archive/agediversity.asp (April 2001). An AAHE Bulletin article on including senior citizens in the classroom.

Association of American Colleges and Universities. "Diversity Web: An Interactive Resource Hub for Higher Education." www.diversityweb.org/ (1996-2002). Although this site takes several minutes to load using a dial-up connection, its content is worth the wait. (If you don't already have it, you will be prompted to download Macromedia Flash Player, but this software is not necessary to use the site.)

Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education. www.hispanicoutlook.com/index.html (December 2002). The website of Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine.

Sandler, Bernice. "Eighteen Ways to Warm Up the Chilly Climate." www.bernicesandler.com/id41.htm (no date). Dr. Sandler is the woman who started the movement to warm up chilly classrooms, and her site includes myriad resources.

Seward, Linda G. "A Time for Inclusion: Strategies Encouraging the Success of All Students." www.aahebulletin.com/public/archive/inclusion.asp (March 2002). From the AAHE Bulletin.

Spangler, Mary S., and Cathleen Wixon. "Strategies to Achieve a Diverse Faculty and Staff." www.aahebulletin.com/public/archive/june1.asp (June 2000). From the AAHE Bulletin.

 

University Websites

Indiana State University. "Warming a Chilly Climate: An Institutional Response to the Challenge of Developing a Pluralistic Approach to Change." www.indstate.edu/ctl/ctl1/staff/writing2.html (October 1997). A panel presented by Indiana State faculty at the national conference ACE: Educating One Third of a Nation.

University of Calgary Stop Racism Committee. "Stop Racism." www.fp.ucalgary.ca/stopracism/ (November 2002). Includes strategies and guidelines for the inclusive classroom as well as a survey of York faculty on the subject.

University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. "Creating Inclusive College Classrooms." www.crlt.umich.edu/F6.html (2002). This article addresses, in part, how content can affect the classroom climate. This site also includes a list of online resources.

University of North Carolina Center for Teaching and Learning. "Teaching for Inclusion: Diversity in the College Classroom." www.unc.edu/depts/ctl/tfitoc.html (1998). Includes chapters on regionalism and diverse religious beliefs.

University of Oregon's Teaching Effectiveness Program. "The Inclusive Classroom." www.uoregon.edu/resources/diversity/resourcelinks/inclusiveclassroom.html. (2002). A list of online resources on warming chilly classrooms.

University of Washington. "Climate and Community Project: Improving Climate." http://depts.washington.edu/asccp/improvingclimate.htm (no date). A study to gauge the organizational and classroom climate at the University of Washington. Includes resources on underrepresented faculty.

University of Washington Center for Instructional Development and Research. "Inclusive Teaching." http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/inclusive/ (January 2002). An interactive website. Includes student perspectives on the causes of chilly climates and what to do about them.

University of Wisconsin's Research Institute on Secondary Education Reform. "Criteria for Schools of Authentic and Inclusive Teaching and Learning." www.wcer.wisc.edu/riser/criteria.htm (February 2003).