Speaker(s): Lee Ann Derdeyn (she/her/hers), Elizabeth Ranieri (she/her/hers), Danielle Dumaine (she/her/hers) Keywords: Access and Equitable Practices, Identity (Disability, Ethnicity, Gender Identity & Expression, Race, Sexuality, etc.), Institutional Change, Changing Institutional Practices, Diversity and Inclusion
This presentation examines the first three years of interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning (PBL) across four core-compliant courses within an innovative dual credit program at an R1 university--UNT, New College, North Texas Now! We share how our PBL curriculum facilitates DEI among both students AND faculty colleagues through 1) the introduction of innovative multi-ethnic, cross-cultural materials and ideas, 2) conversations across ranging ideological positions, and 3) training and experience in team-building and collaborative problem-solving, 4) data from student and faculty surveys.