What to do when a course teaching diversity does not change students’ attitudes? Just keep requiring more classes? Yep.
Mandatory diversity course not effective, prof discovers
A professor at East Carolina University recently discovered that the diversity course she teaches isnâ€
Dr. Michele Stacey, who teaches criminal justice at ECU, assessed the efficacy of the schoolâ€
Race, Gender, and Special Populations in the Criminal Justice System is a three-credit course that is required for the ECU major and minor in criminal justice. Aimed at educating students about the challenges of minorities in the criminal justice system, the course covers a variety of topics, including Native Americans and African Americans.
But while the course is also offered in the spirit of helping to reduce studentâ€
After assessing the bias of students before and after the course—using prompts such as “a woman should worry less about their rights and more about becoming good wives and mothers†and “if blacks would only try harder they could be just as well off as whitesâ€â€”Stacey found that the course hadnâ€
Why You Can†t Just Outlaw Bias
Executives favor a classic command-and-control approach to diversity because it boils expected behaviors down to dos and donâ€
Diversity training
Do people who undergo training usually shed their biases? Researchers have been examining that question since before World War II, in nearly a thousand studies. It turns out that while people are easily taught to respond correctly to a questionnaire about bias, they soon forget the right answers. The positive effects of diversity training rarely last beyond a day or two, and a number of studies suggest that it can activate bias or spark a backlash. Nonetheless, nearly half of midsize companies use it, as do nearly all the Fortune 500.
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Firenze Sage:Â This cannot stand so the class will be pass/fail and nobody will fail.
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