Diversity and Inclusion in Global Higher Education

Catherine Shea Sanger is Lecturer in Global Affairs, and directs the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Her work operates at the intersection of liberal arts education, student life, and faculty pedagogy development. Dr Sanger develops faculty and institutional capacity for inclusive teaching strategies in diverse educational communities. She holds a PhD in International Affairs from the University of Virginia. Nancy W. Gleason is inaugural director of the Hilary Ballon Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at NYU-Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Previously, she directed the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Her research has focused on climate change policy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s implications for higher education and the future of work. She is the editor of Higher Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

• Diversity, Inclusion, and context in Asian Higher Education.- Part I: Pedagogy for Inclusion.- Inclusive Pedagogy and Universal Design Approaches for Diverse Learning Environments.- Beyond Fairness and Consistency in Grading: The Role of Rubrics in Higher Education.- Educating Adult Learners: Bridging Learners' Characteristics and the Learning Sciences.- Culture and Learning: Confucian Heritage Learners, Social-Oriented Achievement, and Innovative Pedagogies.- PART II: LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULA IN ASIA THROUGH THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION LENS.- Diversifying the Liberal Arts Curriculum in an Asian Context.- Service Learning as a Means to Understand Socio-Economic Privilege, Inequality, and Social Mobility.- Building a Centre for Writing and Communication: Multilingual Writing Across the Curriculum in India.- PART III: SUPPORTING HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.- Gender & Sexual Diversity in Asian Universities.- Higher Education for Women in Asia.- PART IV: LEADERSHIP FOR INCLUSION.- Conclusion: Strategic Leadership for Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education.