Exercise: Classroom for All

Situation: You have been appointed to serve on a statewide ask force on higher education. Your work on the task force requires you to create an orientation course at the college level for incoming first-year students. The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the skills they need to be successful. Your responsibility focuses on the part of the course that deals with diversity skills.

Directive Submit an outline of the diversity skills to be taught. Briefly describe:

• Each skill.

• The connection between the skill and student success.

• Ten specific resources that students will use. These may include videos, books, journal articles, and Web sites. List the skill or skills each now addresses.