The Be the Change course module focusing on Higher Education, features online professional development related to race, racial equity, and social justice for higher education professionals.
Course Outline
- Welcome
- Learner Support
- Introduction: In Session 1, you will focus on college campuses and examine how racism and bias are impacting students’ educational experiences.
- Student Vignettes
- Seeing Racism and Bias
- Explicit vs. Implicit Bias
- Recap
- Introduction: In this session, you will be introduced to the basics of implicit bias.
- Understanding Implicit Bias
- Implicit Bias in Action
- Recap
- Introduction: In session, you will learn about the disparate impact of unchecked racism and racial bias on the mental health of Black college students as well as the challenges Black college students face in accessing proper mental health resources.
- Our Hidden Biases
- Implicit Bias in Academic Achievement
- Recap
- Introduction: In this session, you will discover your own biases and identify areas you need to address.
- IAT
- Understanding Your Results
- Recap
- Introduction: In this session, you will learn about strategies for mitigating unwanted biases that you have.
- Our Brains are Malleable
- Individual and Institutional Interventions
- Recap
- Introduction: In this session, you will reflect on what you have learned and make a plan to address the areas of growth you have identified.
- The Four Stances of the Learning Continuum
- Reflect on the Continuum for Race-equity Work
- Recap
- Module Feedback and Resources
- Checkpoint: Course Completion