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Multiculturalism And Student Retention: Designing The Identity, Culture, And Inclusion Leadership Certificate Program To Ignite Critical Engagement, Sonja C. Morgan Jun 2014

Multiculturalism And Student Retention: Designing The Identity, Culture, And Inclusion Leadership Certificate Program To Ignite Critical Engagement, Sonja C. Morgan

MAIS Projects and Theses

The purpose of this project is to design, propose, and receive funding to establish a critical multicultural leadership program for students at Pierce College Puyallup that will promote campus-wide diversity and social justice engagement. Named the Identity, Culture, and Inclusion Leadership Certificate, this extracurricular program is intentionally grounded in critical race, student retention, student development, and engagement theories to facilitate the integration of academic multicultural content with practical leadership application. This project was conducted by a student services professional working at a predominately white suburban community college in Washington State.