Advancing Equity and Inclusion

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Teaching

Overview

Ubuntu is an African concept often translated as “I am because we are.” More than a simple proverb, it evokes our deep interdependence—the recognition that our individual growth thrives best when it is nurtured in community with others (...

Gender Justice in Teaching

Overview What is gender-just teaching?

Gender-just teaching, or teaching that seeks to advance gender justice, draws on feminist and transgender educational frameworks that center the experiences of students marginalized on the basis of gender. This includes women, transgender people, nonbinary/agender/genderqueer people, and people otherwise...

Fostering Belonging in Teaching

Overview What does it mean to belong on campus?

Being in community with others, feeling part of a group, and having a sense of belonging are fundamental to our well-being and psychological health. Previous studies show how a student’s sense of belonging can grow from numerous academic settings and contexts, like being involved in a...

Disability Justice In Teaching

Overview What is disability justice teaching?

Disability justice seeks to identify and disrupt the systemic influences that lead to the exclusion and discrimination of people with disabilities. Teaching practices grounded in disability justice bring intentional focus and awareness to creating accessible learning environments, services, instructional strategies, and tools such that everyone, regardless of neurodiversity, dis/ability, and health, can benefit from them.

Barriers due to disability are a ...

Centering Transfer and Nontraditional Student Experiences

Overview Who are our nontraditional and transfer students?

Nontraditional students hold valuable life experiences that go beyond the typical college years, while transfer students arrive with academic credits from other institutions, eager to finish their degrees at UC Berkeley. When these diverse pathways converge at UC Berkeley, they enrich our community with unique experiences that differ from those of first-year entrant students.

Non-traditional & transfer students at UC Berkeley

UCOP considers...

A Social Justice Approach to Teaching in Difficult Times

As global tragedies and crises become more hypervisible in our increasingly connected world, it is increasingly likely that students in your class(es) are, in some way, impacted by current local, national, or global events.