1. Educating a Diverse Nation: Lessons from Minority Serving Institutions
Marybeth Gasman
University of Pennsylvania

2. Lesson 1
Successful institutions assume success on the part of students rather than seeing students of color from a deficit perspective.

3. Lesson 2
Successful institutions teach in ways that focus on what the student needs to learn rather than what is convenient for the professor.

4. Lesson 3
Successful institutions have faculty members that allow students to bring their full identity to the classroom and capitalize on all aspects of a student’s identity in the learning process.

5. Lesson 4
Successful institutions have faculty members that come together to co-construct classes and a curriculum that empowers the student.

6. Lesson 5
Successful institutions provide students the opportunity to participate in culturally relevant assignments that speak to the issues in the communities from which they come.

7. Lesson 6
Successful institutions encourage students to live for something larger than themselves.

8. Lesson 7
Successful institutions gather as much data as possible on their students’ learning experiences.

9. Lesson 8
Successful institutions bring the student services and academic services sides of the institution together in order to focus on students rather than operate in silos.

10. Lesson 9
Successful institutions encourage student collaboration over competition & independence.

11. Lesson 10
Successful institutions provide students with peer mentors and peer mentoring opportunities across the curriculum.

12. Questions & Answers Marybeth Gasman
Judy & Howard Berkowitz Professor of Education
University of Pennsylvania
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