9: Operational Diversity: Saying What We Mean, Doing What We Say

Abstract

Diversity issues, rangingfrom individuallearning styles to institutional equity, are central to teaching and learning, but identifying and addressing these issues is aformidable task. At the Centerfor Instructional Development and Research (CIDR), our staffisgaining groundon this work through the Inclusive Practices Portfolio, a collaborativefOrum for documenting, sharing, and supportingourindividualand organizational diversity initiatives. The process ofdeveloping the center's portfolio and the portfolio itselfare mechanisms for change withinthe center and a modelfor change at ourinstitution and beyond.