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- 1. Internationalization of the Curriculum: American, Canadian & Australian Perspectives 2010 AIEA Conference February 14-17, 2010 Washington, DC
- 9. Ensure active leadership in making internationalization a priority *Based on those that do have a full-time administrator
- 15. Recommendation 3: Invest in Faculty Opportunities Institutions provided funding to faculty for the following activities :
- 18. Recommendation 4: Focus on the curriculum Percentage of undergraduate students who studied abroad for credit
- 19. Focus on the curriculum General Education Curriculum
- 22. Internationalization in Canada: Université Laval’s efforts to internationalize its activities Richard Poulin, Director, Bureau international, Université Laval Québec City
- 31. Internationalisation of the Curriculum: UTS Approach Professor William Purcell, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President International and Development THINK.CHANGE.DO
Notas del editor
- All data presented today is on FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS ONLY.
- Although only 31% of 4 year institutions have a written plan for internationalization, 56% report that you have created a campus-wide committee to work solely on advancing internationalization efforts on campus. We’re moving in the right direction, but in order for that committee to be most effective we would recommend that they focus on creating a strategic, campus-wide plan.
- It is not enough to have a number of ad hoc programs blooming on your campus…
- Your faculty is your foundation for building an intermationalized curriculum. In financial crisis, need to be aware that this continues to be a priority…not suffering under current budget restraints.
- It’s not enough to offer the opportunities, as faculty have many priorities competing for their attention. Show your support by changes to your hiring and your tenure and promotion policies.
- In spite of articulated interest, very few students do actually study abroad… 47 percent of the institutions reported that less than 5% of undergraduate students studied abroad. So many students work and have family obligations, higher education cannot count on study abroad as the major source of international learning. Nor can they count on student participation in co-curricular activities such as guest lectures or student events unless they are integrated into class requirements. According to the Forum on Education Abroad, 68% of institutions in their 2006 State of the Field survey agreed that the institutional cost of education abroad is of increasing concern at their institutions.
- And yet, students can still graduate with no exposure to international/global issues in their curriculum.
- Terry and I wish to welcome you here today and we hope that the information we pass on will shed some new light on the way UTS relates to the media and uses this as a vehicle to show the world what we are up to. But there are a number of things we want you to take away from today and these are: