Resources

Making Excellence Inclusive: Publications
AAC&U's Making Excellence Inclusive initiative hosts a Web site with a range of publications geared toward helping campus communities create inclusive learning environments. Resources include briefing papers on the educational benefits of diversity, institutional leadership in supporting underserved students, and strategies for organizational change. To download these and other publications, visit www.aacu.org/inclusive_excellence/index.cfm.

College Planning Resource Directory
The Pathways to College Network, a national alliance "committed to advancing college access and success for underserved students," offers a searchable database for students, families, and advisers exploring the college track. The database, searchable by keyword with filters for audience, language, content, and cost, among others, is available at www.pathwaystocollege.net. (AAC&U is a Pathways partner.)

Diversity, Learning, and Inclusive Excellence Resources
In October 2008, AAC&U's Network for Academic Renewal hosted the Diversity, Learning, and Inclusive Excellence meeting in Long Beach, California. Conference resources, including plenary podcasts and links to presentation materials, are available online at www.aacu.org/meetings/diversityandlearning/DL2008/Resources/index.cfm.

Syllabi Bank: University of Wisconsin System Institute on Race and Ethnicity
The Institute on Race and Ethnicity has compiled and made available syllabi that grapple with various topics related to race and ethnicity. The syllabi bank is fully searchable and includes courses from all thirteen system universities, plus extension and college branches. To access the syllabi bank, visit www4.uwm.edu/ire/syllabi_bank/index.html.