Diversity and Inclusion in Global Higher Education Lessons from Across Asia

This open access book offers pioneering insights and practical methods for promoting diversity and inclusion in higher education classrooms and curricula. It highlights the growing importance of international education programs in Asia and the value of understanding student diversity in a changing, evermore interconnected world. The book explores diversity across physical, psychological and cogitative traits, socio-economic backgrounds, value systems, traditions and emerging identities, as well as diverse expectations around teaching, grading, and assessment. Chapters detail significant trends in active learning pedagogy, writing programs, language acquisition, and implications for teaching in the liberal arts, adult learners, girls and women, and Confucian heritage communities. A quality, relevant, 21st Century education should address multifaceted and intersecting forms of diversity to equip students for deep life-long learning inside and outside the classroom. This timely volume provides a unique toolkit for educators, policy-makers, and professional development experts.

Catherine Shea Sanger is Lecturer in Global Affairs, and directs the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Her work operates at the intersection of liberal arts education, student life, and faculty pedagogy development. Dr Sanger develops faculty and institutional capacity for inclusive teaching strategies in diverse educational communities. She holds a PhD in International Affairs from the University of Virginia.

Nancy W. Gleason is inaugural director of the Hilary Ballon Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at NYU-Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Previously, she directed the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Her research has focused on climate change policy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s implications for higher education and the future of work. She is the editor of Higher Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).