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2004 Frontiers in Education Conference: Discussing the Diversification of Engineering. (2004). Karan Watson, University of Michigan. Based on the working paper, "What's Next in Diversifying the US Engineering Workforce?"

Castillo, Pedro. "Increasing Engagement and Retention Through Research and Creative Endeavors," Reinvention Center Conference (Nov. 2004): http://www.sunysb.edu/Reinventioncenter/Conference_04/proceedings.htm

Chauncey, G. (1994) Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940. New York: BasicBooks.

David Ferguson, Presentation to New York Academy of Science on key components for building a successful and effective community of minority scholars in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM): http://www.nyas.org/ebriefreps/main.asp?intEbriefID=262

Ed. Brint, Chelsea, Nickens, Rachel and Maier-Katkin, Daniel. Selections from The Nazi Era and Its Aftermath: A Documentary and Photographic Record. 2008.

Ferguson, David. "Building a Community of Minority Scholars," Archie Louis Lacey Memorial Award and Lecture (Feb. 2004): http://www.nyas.org/ebriefreps/main.asp?intEbriefID=262

Ferguson, David. "Engaging and Retaining Targeted Populations," Reinvention Center Conference (Nov. 2004): http://www.sunysb.edu/Reinventioncenter/Conference_04/proceedings.htm

Gerzon, M. (2006). Moving Beyond Debate: Start a Dialogue. Retrieved Sep. 10, 2007, from Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA. Web site: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/5351.html.

Grinde, Donald A. Jr.  The Iroquois and the Founding of the American Nation. San Francisco: The Indian Historian Press, 1977, p. 7.

Gurin, Pat. (2004), Leveraging Diversity, University of Michigan.

Hrabowski, F., Kenneth I Maton, and Geoffrey L. Greif. (1998). Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males.  Oxford University Press, 1998.

Hummer, Robert and Strong, Pauline Turner. "Addressing the Changing Demography in the United States Through Education," Reinvention Center Conference (Nov. 2006): http://www.sunysb.edu/Reinventioncenter/conference2006/proceedings.htm

Johansen, Bruce E.  Forgotten Founders: How the American Indian Helped Shape Democracy. (Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1982), p. 22.

John Paul Lederach, Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies (Washington D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1997).

Jolly, E., Patricia B. Campbell, and Lesley Perlman. (2004). Engagement, Capacity and Continuity: A       Trilogy for Student Success. GE Foundation.

Katkin, W. (1998). “A Community of WISE Women,” Transcending Boundaries: Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Science, Sage Publications.

Katkin, W. Landsman, N., and Tyree, A., eds. (1998). Beyond Pluralism: The Conception of Groups and Group Identities in America, University of Illinois Press.

Kenji Yoshino, Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights (New York: Random House, 2006).

Kerber, Linda K.  Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America.  Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1980, p. 283-284.

Knox, M., and Teraguchi, D.H. (2005) "Institutional Models That Cultivate Comprehensive Change." Diversity Digest, Volume 9, Number 2. 10-11. http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/vol9no2/knox.cfm

Maton, K.I., Freeman Hrabowski, Metin Ozlemir, and Harriette Wimms (2008).  Enhancing Representation, Retention, and Achievement of Minority Students in Higher Education: A Social Transformation Theory of Change. Pgs. 115-132. In Toward Positive Youth Development: Transforming Schools and Community Programs. Edited by M. Shinn and H Yoshikawa. Oxford University Press. 387 pgs.

National Academy of Sciences. (2007). Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. The National Academies Press, 2007.

National Research Council of National Academy of Sciences. (2007). Understanding Interventions that Encourage Minorities to Pursue Research Careers. The National Academies Press, 2007.

Nazario, Isabel. "Curricular Responses to Diversity," Reinvention Center Conference (Nov. 2006): http://www.sunysb.edu/Reinventioncenter/conference2006/proceedings.htm

O'Neil, R. M. (2006). "The Difficult Dialogues Initiative." Academe 92(4): 29-30. Retrieved September 10, 2007 from: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2006/JA/feat/onei.htm.

Robb, Sharon. “Title IX Helped Increase Ranks of Women in Sports.” in Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, FL, February 6, 2002, C16.

Robert J. Nash, DeMethra LaSha Bradley, & Arthur W. Chickering, How to Talk about Hot Topics on Campus: From Polarization to Moral Conversation (San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 2008)

The National Society of Black Engineers: http://nsbe.org/

W. Barnett Pearce & Stephen W. Littlejohn, Moral Conflicts: When Social Worlds Collide (Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 1997).

Welch Wegner, J. (2006). "The View from Chapel Hill." Academe 92(4): 46-49. Retrieved September 10, 2007 from: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2006/JA/feat/Wegn.htm.

Welch Wenger, J. (2006). Difficult Dialogues Initiative Discussion Guide: Promoting Pluralism and Academic Freedom on Campus. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC-Chapel Hill.

 

Research on Academic Freedom & Religious Pluralism

Bellah, R. N. (1967). Civil Religion in America. Retrieved Sep. 10, 2007, from http://www.robertbellah.com. Web site: http://www.robertbellah.com/articles_5.htm.

Connor, W. R. (2006, June 29) The right time and place for big questions. Chronicle of Higher Education, B8. Retrieval September, 2007, from: http://chronicle.com.

Gilley, D. (2005). Whose spirituality? Cautionary notes about the role of spirituality in higher education. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 104, 93-99. Retrieved September 10, 2007 from: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112168178/PDFSTART.

Gomez, M. N. (2006). Inquiry, Respect, and Dissent. Academe, 92(4), 55-57. Retrieved September 10, 2007 from: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2006/JA/feat/gome.htm.

Jaschik, S. (2005, April 14) God and Freshmen. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieval September, 2007, from: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/04/14/spirit.

Jakobsen, J. R. (2006). Campus Religious Conflict Should Go Public. Academe, 92(4), 35-40. Retrieved September 10, 2007 from: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2006/JA/feat/Jako.htm.

Kaplan, M. L. (2006). Getting Religion in the Public Research University. Academe, 92(4), 41-45. Retrieved September 10, 2007 from: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2006/JA/feat/Kapl.htm.

LaFrance, J. & Abu Shakrah, J. (2006). Acting Against Oppression. Academe, 92(4), 50-53. Retrieved September 10, 2007 from: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2006/JA/feat/LaFr.htm.

López-Riverz, M. (2006, June 9) Course Explores Using Mathematical Models to Prove or Disprove God's Existence. Chronicle of Higher Education, B6. Retrieval September, 2007, from: http://chronicle.com.

Poe, H. L. (2005). Issues related to spirituality and the search for truth in sectarian institutions of higher education. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 104, 59-66. Retrieved September 10, 2007 from: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112168176/PDFSTART.

Public Agenda. (2005). Religion and Public Life, 2000-2004: Survey Shows Religious Americans Less Likely to Support Compromise. Retrieved Sep. 10, 2007, from Public Agenda. Web site: http://www.publicagenda.org/research/research_reports_details.cfm?list=1

Renwick Monroe, K. (2006). Can Empathy Be Taught? Academe, 92(4), 58-63. Retrieved September 10, 2007 from: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2006/JA/feat/Monr.htm.

Sommerville, J. C. (2006, June 6) Exhaustion of secularism. Chronicle of Higher Education, B6. Retrieval September, 2007, from: http://chronicle.com

Winston, J. (2006). Difficult Silences. Academe, 92(4), 64-67. Retrieved September 10, 2007 from: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2006/JA/feat/Wins.htm.

 

 
  Websites and Survey Sources  
 

CIRTL Diversity Institute, Resources: http://cirtl.wceruw.org/DiversityInstitute/resources/

Center for Advancement of Human Rights
http://www.cahr.fsu.edu/

The Center for Community Learning at the University of California – Los Angeles: www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/communitylearning. The Center’s brochure can be downloaded directly from the website link in PDF format.

Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, State University of New York (SUNY LSAMP): An organization that helps to change the basic shape of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and forging new opportunities for underrepresented minority students in New York State. By clicking onto the “For Faculty and Staff” icon, you can access a comprehensive list of funding sources for minority scholars in STEM fields. http://ws.cc.stonybrook.edu/sunylsamp/index.htm.

NSF Figures and Tables on Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/wmpd/list.htm

Statistics on Women in Science and Engineering: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cwse/S_E_stats.pdf

Willis, Gary.  Hoover Institution at Stanford University:  http://www.hoover.org/multimedia/uk/2993311.html

The Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, University of Washington: http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/.

The Women’s Sports Foundation, “Title IX and Race in Intercollegiate Sport.”  June 23, 2003: http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/Content/Research-Reports/Title-IX-and-Race-in-Intercollegiate-Sport.aspx


 
  Exemplary Programs and Practices  
 

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program and Diversity Initiatives, established to broaden the pool of those pursuing academic careers in higher education. The program supports individuals in selected disciplines who demonstrate a strong commitment to increasing opportunities for underrepresented minorities and advancing cross-racial and ethnic understanding:
http://www.mellon.org/grant_programs/programs/higher-education-and-scholarship/mellon-mays-fellowship

Difficult Dialogues Program, Humanities Institute, University of Texas at Austin. Program funded as part of the Ford Foundation’s Difficult Dialogues Initiative.
http://www.humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu/programs/dialogues/

Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP), University of California: An academically challenging college-preparatory program for educationally disadvantaged students: http://www.ucop.edu/sas/eaop/home.htm

MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science, and Achievement): A California-based program that helpsdisadvantaged students to excel in and graduate with degrees in math and science: http://mesa.ucop.edu/home.html

Puente Project, a California-based academic preparation program whose mission is to increase the number of educationally disadvantaged students who enroll in and earn degrees from 4-year colleges and universities: http://www.puente.net/

Shifting Ground: Religion and Civic Life in America, A program of the New Hampshire Humanities Council
New Hampshire Humanities Council, 19 Pillsbury Street, Concord, NH 03301, (603) 224-4071 FAX (603) 224-4072,  http://www.nhhc.org/ShiftingGround.php.

Turner Underrepresented Graduate Fellowship Program, Stony Brook University: http://www.grad.sunysb.edu/turner/index.html

The University of Colorado-based Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities. Uses interdisciplinary research and multi-campus partnerships in the research and development of innovative technologies to enhance the lives of people with cognitive disabilities. http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/cue01/projects/coleman2.html and www.cu.edu/ColemanInstitute/

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP), University of Michigan: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/urop/

Values and Change in a Diverse Society, Oakes College, University of California, Santa Cruz: A core first-year course that examines historical and contemporary aspects of multiculturalism in the United States, including issues of inequity in the areas of race, class, and gender. http://oakes.ucsc.edu/

Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), Stony Brook University: http://www.wise.sunysb.edu/


 
  Conference  
  Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
http://www.abrcms.org

 
  Centers and Institutes  
 

University of North Carolina Difficult Dialogues Initiative
Center for Faculty Excellence
316 Wilson Library; Campus Box 3470
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3470
(919) 966-1289 FAX (919) 962-5236
difficultdialogues@unc.edu
http://www.unc.edu/ddi/

Difficult Dialogues Initiative
“Promoting Pluralism and Academic Freedom on Campus.”
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
Attention: Difficult Dialogues Program
400 Worrell Drive
Charlottesville, Virginia 22911-8691
 http://www.difficultdialogues.org.

 
  Funding Sources  
 

Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC): https://ns2.faseb.org/marc/

National Institutes of Health (NIH): http://www.nih.gov/

National Institue of Mental Health (NIMH): http://www.nimh.nih.gov/


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