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Diversifying Economic Quality: A Wiki for Instructors and Departments

Div.E.Q. is an online resource promoting inclusive, innovative, and evidence-based teaching practices in economics.   This wiki promotes best teaching practices in economics, particularly practices that encourage women, students of color, and members of other underrepresented groups to continue their study of economics. Here, economists can disseminate and discover prescriptions for improving our teaching and the inclusiveness of our discipline. The teaching strategies offered here are presented alongside evidence of their effectiveness and practical suggestions for implementation. Please spend time browsing the site; many of the strategies are effective and straightforward to incorporate. Our choices as instructors and gatekeepers affect student participation and achievement. The wiki also provides data describing patterns of participation in our profession and opportunities for thoughtful reflection on why inclusion and diversity are important to the future of economic theory and policymaking. HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE? READ these pages. TELL others. SHARE your research and your strategies. PRODUCE new evidence. Follow @Div_E_Q Email us. Div.E.Q. is sponsored by the AEA's Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession. NEWS: The Chronicle of Higher Education featured Div.E.Q. as a diversity initiative having success! The AEA has produced a new video on careers in economics:

Proven strategies for the classroom Consider the impact of wait time. Employ technology wisely. Avoid stereotype threat. Use cooperative learning. Use active, inquiry-based learning. Promote inclusive communication. Provide students with rubrics. Incorporate service learning. Join the Wikipedia Education Program. Flip your classroom. Proven policies for departments Encourage peer and faculty mentoring. Actively recruit students who may be underprepared or unsure. Utilize summer bridge programs. Offer a course on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Economics. Alter the introductory textbooks. Recruit and retain a diverse faculty. Educate faculty. Proven practices for instructors Provide opportunities for involvement with research. Reflect on personal prejudices. Foster a growth mindset in your students. Offer wise feedback. Vary your assessments and retrieval exercises. Get to know students personally. Share these study tips. Be aware of a third theory of discrimination. Incorporate heterodox theories into your courses. Teach economics with nuance and humility. Change how the world sees us. Ask WHY. Add wait time to classroom activities. Emphasize that biology is not destiny, and foster a growth mindset in your students. Incorporate cooperative learning by using Think-pair-share. Design effective PowerPoint presentations. Vary your assessments and retrieval exercises. Take an Implicit Association Test. Share these study tips. Promote effective and inclusive teaching practices. Help your students move up Bloom's pyramid.

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EVENTS: National Summit on Diversity in the Economics Profession at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Opening Remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellen CSWEP Peer Mentoring Breakfast at the 2015 AEA Meeting More