ABSTRACT
Analysis of the 2010 United States Census indicates a shift in the nation's racial makeup that is reshaping schools, work places, and the electorate. Where now the white population of United States is 61.5 percent and people of color are 38.5", within the next generation, the white population will be under 50 percent. The Culture Literacy Curriculum Institute (CLCI) content and format and faculty members written narratives are based on the understanding that three foci are critical for increasing culturally responsive teaching in primarily white colleges and universities: individual awareness and growth; implications for curriculum and pedagogy, including issues of power and structural racism; and institutional cultural climate. The first component of cultural humility is the commitment to lifelong learning and critical self-reflection, especially around social identities. The first goal for CLCI was to establish time and resources for faculty to gather and define and identify the criteria for culturally responsive teaching in order to apply criteria to their teaching.
