Abstract

Integrating diversity into the curriculum is important to colleges and teachers of agriculture; however, many faculty are wondering how to best incorporate these topics into the curriculum. Within colleges of agriculture, these topics are particularly relevant to management and leadership education. This study investigated student perceptions of addressing social justice in the nonprofit management classroom in general and of two specific teaching strategies employed in two nonprofit human resources classrooms (one graduate, one undergraduate). Findings indicate students (a) are very interested in addressing these topics in the classroom, (b) believe these topics to be relevant to the coursework, (c) found the topic to be of pedagogical value and the specific teaching strategies tested in this study to be beneficial for learning, and (d) are not clear about how else, in general, they would like to see these topics addressed. These findings support educators’ efforts to address these topics within the curriculum.

Key words: social justice, equity, nonprofit manage-ment, nonprofit education, human resources