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  The Center for Multicultural Education* supports,
   promotes, and advances multicultural inquiry,
   understanding, and engagement in order to affirm the
   mission and identity of Edgewood College.





                                Primary goals:

                                           Assist faculty in developing and utilizing multicultural pedagogy in the 
                                                       classroom
                                           Support multicultural research and scholarship
                                           Raise awareness of multicultural issues and perspectives in higher
                                                       education
                                           Enhance faculty’s interactions with diverse communities within and
                                                      outside of the College
                                           Provide leadership and consultation to develop and implement
                                                      multicultural curriculum
                                           Oversee the Ethnic Studies Minor program



 

* The study of multicultural perspectives examines culturally significant characteristics (such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, class, and ability) of individuals and groups within the United States, and emphasizes the intersections among these and the resulting variations in status and power.  Awareness and understanding of cultures, including one’s own, enable students to value the experiences and contributions of different groups in the United States, understand the connections between social structures and inequality, and communicate and interact effectively to build a just and compassionate world.  (Edgewood College Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2008)