Ashford University Week 6 Cultural Diversity in Higher Education Discussion

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, review the website The Chronicle of Higher Education (Links to an external site.).

This student-led and moderated discussion format provides the chance to interact with your classmates at a scholarly level regarding any of the Week 1-5 topics. The format is designed to allow for autonomy and deep exploration of the content that is meaningful to you and your peers. Your instructor will participate in the discussions to clarify details or to provide guidance, support, and/or resources.

Your discussion may be generated from any topic, instructional material, resource, or assignment through all five weeks of course content. The topics must be aligned with the three course-level learning outcomes (CLOs), which are listed below.

• Describe the types of institutions by scope and control.
• Analyze the operation of institutions including finance, community relations, and accreditation.
• Appraise innovative developments in higher education.

The subject matter and approach of your initial post is open ended and should draw on the interests and experience of the students in course. Your post should,

• Identify a higher education topic and at least one learning outcome that is aligned with that topic.
• Provide a brief summary to the topic.
• Identify one or two important issues associated with the chosen topic.
• Reflect on the meaning and importance of the topic and outcome.
• Assess how well one or more issues associated with the topic are addressed by institutions of higher education.
• Reflect on how they could be better addressed.
• Provide one or more open ended questions to promote continued dialogue.