Adding Diversity While Decreasing Adversity

This document is a reflection of a series of meetings that the author had with the various core departments and others at the University of Arkansas – Little Rock (UALR) beginning fall 2008 and continuing into the 2009 - 2010 academic year. Additionally, there are comments from faculty and staff members from four other institutions and educational organizations. This document is meant to be used as a tool and a reference source when working with English Language Learners (ELLs) in the higher education setting. Many of these techniques and suggestions are generalized pedagogical ideas from the field of English as a Second Language (ESL); they are easily adaptable to any field or level of study or research. The “ELL Suggestions” section is intentionally not divided by subject area as the author did not want to imply that a certain suggestion was only useful within a certain field.