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In a week-long short course taught within a larger core operations undergraduate class, transformative learning was fostered by exposing students to equity examples, with a particular focus on antiracism and antipoverty scenarios. Previously unknown material challenged students\u2019 personal meaning schemes, thus precipitating the \u201cdisorienting dilemma\u201d that precedes transformative learning. The cornerstone piece was a case study based on a Black engineering manager in a technology company, who detailed his struggle to stay or leave given the company\u2019s lack of hiring equity despite its public espousal of diversity, equity, and inclusion values. The short course introduced a flexible framework for assessing equity based on process, intentionality, and top-down versus bottom-up inequality. 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