Skidmore College is the first college or university in the United States to offer a minor in Intergroup Relations.

We seek to increase understanding of social identities in the context of systems of power and inequalities; to explore the impact at personal, interpersonal, community, cultural, institutional, and societal levels; and to practice dialogue skills toward identifying actions to address social justice issues.

The Intergroup Dialogue Program is a nationally recognized 1-credit course that brings together small groups of students from diverse backgrounds to share their experiences and gain new knowledge related to diversity and social justice.

The Intergroup Dialogue Project at Cornell University (IDP) prepares students to live and work in a diverse world, and educates them in making choices that advance equity and justice.

The University of Michigan model for intergroup dialogue is perhaps the most well known and widely replicated.

The UCLA Intergroup Relations (IGR) program equips students, faculty and staff with knowledge, skills, awareness, and commitment for active participation in an increasingly diverse and global society.

The IDEA Center helps social work students develop the knowledge, values, passion, commitment and skills they need to work in diverse settings.

Oxy's Intergroup Dialogue Program provides students and faculty with unique opportunities to engage and apply diverse democracy—personally, critically, constructively, within and across groups, inside and outside of the classroom.

The program, offered by the Office of the Dean of Students and the Department of Educational Psychology, prepares students to live and work in a diverse world and educates them on how to make decisions that promote equity, justice and peace.