DRIVE: Expanded Curriculum Appraisal Tool & Resources

The primary goals of the DRIVE initiative are:

• To promote a representative and bias-free curriculum across our learning environments
• To enhance the accuracy, representation, and inclusion of diverse populations in all our educational environments and activities

For the purpose of DRIVE we define bias as a preference. Implicit bias is an unconscious response which can be recognized and mitigated. Explicit bias is overt and demonstrates intention.

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Sample citation: 

DRIVE Committee. About DRIVE. Expanded Curriculum Appraisal Tool and Resources. Published  2022. Updated July 22, 2024. https://libraryguides.umassmed.edu/drive/about 

Please contact us via DRIVE@umassmed.edu if you have any feedback, questions, suggestions, resources or wish to get involved.

Bias may be experienced along these or other dimensions:

• Ability
• Agility
• Age
• Appearance
• Culture
• Diet
• Education level
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Gender identity
• Height
• Housing status
• Immigration status
• Mental health
• National origin
• Primary language
• Race
• Religious identification
• Sexual orientation
• Socioeconomic status
• Substance use
• Weight

If you know of a resource to support learning about a particular dimension of bias, please let us know with the "Suggest a Resource" form.