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ACE Internationalization Collaborative Annual Meeting 2007
"FLASHPOINTS in Comprehensive Internationalization II"
March 9-10, 2007
Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel
Washington, DC
As a continuation of the Internationalization Collaborative’s
2006 theme, the 2007 Annual Meeting focused attention on
“Flashpoints in Comprehensive Internationalization.”
Comprehensive internationalization is an ongoing process of engaging
multiple campus groups in the work of incorporating international,
global, and intercultural dimensions into the teaching, research and
service functions of an institution. The resulting discussions and
debates can produce “flashpoints” that occur “when
discussion of a particular topic reaches a temperature (degree of
tension or disagreement) at which it begins to explode or provoke
conflict with other related issues.” Common flashpoints may
include the following issues:
- How can domestic pluralism/diversity/multiculturalism and
internationalization be synergistic and integrated, rather than in
competition?
- Should internationalization be focused on the development of
knowledge and skills and/or the shaping of attitudes
(toward other cultures, international/intercultural experiences, global
issues, etc.) which may be perceived by some as indoctrination?
- Is internationalization about ensuring the production of a few
highly specialized graduates and/or about ensuring global learning for
all students?
- What issues emerge when trying to increase both the quality and
quantity of international opportunities and experiences for
students?
- As institutions develop short-term education abroad opportunities to
attract a broader array of students, are they giving up on the goal of
providing meaningful and in-depth global and global learning for
their students?
- What are the benefits and challenges of “outsourcing”
the delivery of international learning opportunities for students,
administrators and faculty?
- Should institutions be responding to student demands for particular
language and cultural studies as well as education abroad destinations,
or should they be nurturing student interest in lower-demand critical
languages, cultures and education abroad destinations?
As institutions set goals, develop strategies,
prioritize actions, assess their efforts, leverage campus resources, and
make adjustments along the way, a variety of flashpoints inevitably
emerge. These important areas of debate and discussion—when
addressed—provide the opportunity for institutions to further
clarify their internationalization goals and make strategic
choices. It is important for internationalization champions to
anticipate and manage flashpoints as they emerge and develop.
“Flashpoint management” involves minimizing losers in a
“zero-sum” environment, satisfying multiple interests, and
working to ensure that as many stakeholders as possible can see the
benefit of decisions to allocate resources. This meeting provided
the opportunity for campus internationalization teams to discuss several
of the common flashpoints that have emerged at institutions, and to
share strategies for managing and resolving these challenges and
conflicts.
Highlights from the 2007 Annual Meeting
(Links to presentations and other documents are
available below for each session)
Pre-meeting Workshops:
Workshop A: An Integrated
Approach to Comprehensive Internationalization
This workshop is designed for participants who are
new to the ACE Internationalization Collaborative and would like to
learn more about an integrative approach for internationalization. This
strategy integrates attention to inputs (through an internationalization
review and strategic planning process) with attention to outputs
(through the articulation of learning outcomes and the development of an
assessment plan). Representatives from institutions that have worked
closely with ACE in piloting this integrative strategy offered lessons
learned and helped participants think about how these processes might be
applied to their institutions. This workshop drew upon the ACE
publication Building a Strategic Framework for Comprehensive
Internationalization (2005).
Presenters: Akanmu Adebayo, Executive Director, Kennesaw State
University
Paul McVeigh,Dean, Humanities & Social Sciences,Northern
Virginia Community College
JoAnn DeArmas Wallace, Dean, Juniata College
Madeleine Green, Vice President for International Initiatives,
ACE (presentation [220
KB; ppt])
Workshop B: International Learning Outcomes Assessment –
Implementing an Assessment Plan
This workshop is designed for participants who have
attended prior workshops on articulating global learning outcomes, are
actively working on this process, and interested in learning more about
how to develop an assessment plan for assessing these
outcomes. Following a brief overview of the assessment loop,
the workshop featured the issues that need to be addressed when putting
in place an assessment plan: including how to select methods and how to
work effectively with colleagues in implementing these methods.
Representatives from ACE projects on assessment offered lessons learned
through their experiences, and provided some on-hands work using an
ePortfolio methodology. This workshop drew upon the ACE
publication A Handbook for Advancing Comprehensive
Internationalization (2006).
Presenters: Lisa Kobuke, Instructor,
Kapi'olani Community College
Tanya Renner, Associate Professor, Kapi'olani
Community College
Christa Olson, Associate
Director, Center for International Initiatives, ACE (presentation [232
KB; ppt])
Workshop C: Introduction to Culture and Language Across the
Curriculum
CLAC proceeds from the premise that the task of producing
globally competent graduates goes far beyond the scope of traditional
foreign language instruction and is an institution-wide issue that
involves a wide range of disciplines and entities. The LAC movement of
the past 25 years has sought to multiply the opportunities for
meaningful use of language skills throughout the curriculum. CLAC
expands upon this to include the acquisition and application of a wide
range of cross-cultural skills and knowledge (including, but not limited
to languages) as tools students to apply to gain multiple cultural
perspectives on whatever subject they may be studying. This
workshop showed that within this large framework CLAC can take many
forms, depending on specific curricular goals within a discipline.
Presenters provided a summary of available resources and identified the
most promising CLAC variants for addressing the needs of
participants’ institutions, departments, or programs.
Presenters: Judy Krutky, Associate Academic Dean for
Intercultural Affairs, Baldwin-Wallace College
Robert Sanders,Professor, Portland State University
Steve Straight, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and
International Affairs, SUNY at Binghamton
Plenary #1:“Finding Common Ground Among International,
Multicultural, Global and Intercultural Education”
Guest Speaker: Yolanda
Moses, Professor of Anthropology &
Vice Provost for Conflict Resolution, University of California,
Riverside; former President, City College of New York (CUNY); and former
President American Association of Higher Education
Respondents: Jose Velasco, Director
International Education, Maricopa County Community College
District
Judy Krutky, Associate Academic Dean for Intercultural
Affairs, Baldwin-Wallace
College
Last summer, ACE brought together
researchers, institutional leaders, and practitioners for a roundtable
focused on the common ground between internationalization and
multicultural education. A publication is currently being produced
based on this discussion. As a participant of the roundtable and
an institutional leader charged with addressing conflict resolution at
her current institution, Dr. Moses provided her perspective on new ways
of thinking about this common ground. Two collaborative
member respondents discussed the implications of her presentation for
managing this potential flashpoint and fostering good practice in
advancing both multicultural education and internationalization.
Plenary #2: “The Climate for Advancing Internationalization as a
National Priority”
Speaker: David
Ward, President, ACE
Plenary #3: “Internationalization Beyond the Few, For the Many:
Broadening Opportunities for Faculty and Students”
Expanding Your Horizons:
Opportunities for Experiential Learning
Presenters: Devorah Lieberman, Vice
President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Wagner
College
Ruta Shah-Gordon, Associate Dean, Wagner College
Mapy Chavez-Brown, Assistant Professor of Education,
Wagner College
Building Webs of Trust: Web
Portals, Multi-cultural Discussions and Team Work
Presenter: Debra Picchi, Coordinator of the Global
Citizenship Certificate Program, Franklin Pierce College (presentation [4.7
MB; ppt])
International Experience For
The 95% College Students Who Cannot Afford Study Abroad Programs
Presenter: Rosina Chia, Assistant Vice Chancellor for
Global Academic Initiatives, East Carolina University (presentation [3.2
MB; ppt])
Plenary #4: Panel presentation: “Delivery of
Internationalization – Pros and Cons of Outsourcing”
Outsourcing for
Internationalization: A Case Study of the Salzburg
Seminar
Presenter: Mark
Novak, Associate Vice President, San Jose State
University
Education Abroad: A Provider's
Perspective
Presenter: David Larsen, Vice President,
Arcadia University (presentation [133
KB; ppt])
Outsourcing Through Partnership:
Resource-sharing in the Global Academic Community
Presenter: Susan Sutton, Associate Dean of
International Affairs, Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis
(presentation [11.6
MB; ppt])
Roundtable Discussions
Cultures and/or Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC,
LxC, LAC, etc.)
Facilitators: Diana Davies, Director,
International Programs, The University of Iowa
H. Stephen Straight, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and International
Affairs, SUNY at
Binghamton
Internationalizing “Non-traditional”
Disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics)
Facilitators: Elizabeth
Brewer, Director, International
Education, Beloit College
Beth Dougherty, Manager Professional International Relations, Beloit
College
Assessing International Learning
Facilitators: Alba
DeLeon, International Education Liaison, Palo Alto
College
Joan Osborne, Instructor of Economics, Palo Alto College
Judy Hinrichs, Associate Dean, City University
Internationalization of general education
Facilitators: Michael
Mayfield, Professor, Geography, Appalachian
State University
Robert White, Executive Director, International Education, Appalachian
State University
Research on International
Education/Internationalization
Facilitators: Darla
Deardoff, Executive Director, AIEA,
Duke University
Madeleine Green, Vice
President for International Initiatives, ACE
Troubleshooting Interdisciplinary International
Studies Degree Programs
Facilitator: Martha
Greer, International Studies
Coordinator, University of Iowa
Christa Olson, Associate Director, Center for
International Initiatives, ACE
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