Internationalization Collaborative Mini-Grant Awards 2006
ACE has awarded two mini-grants of $7,500 each to
learning partnerships between institutional members of the Internationalization
Collaborative for initiatives to promote internationalization
and mutual learning on their campuses. The purpose of the mini-grants is
to encourage institutions to develop activities to learn from each other
and to accelerate the impact of internationalization at their
institutions. Mini-grant awards have been issued to:
Portland State University,
University of Iowa, Binghamton University and Baldwin-Wallace
College. These institutions will develop a
“Consortium for Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum
(C/LAC).” This joint effort will address the
challenges facing Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (C/LAC)
and pursue creative solutions, so that C/LAC can be utilized to its
fullest potential in the internationalization of campuses and the
development of “globally competent” graduates.
By sharing best practices and adapting techniques to fit
specific circumstances, the collaborators will determine which C/LAC
models best serve specific goals, populations and institutional
structures. These models will ultimately be available for other
institutions to adopt and adapt.
Beloit College and
Kalamazoo College. Through their curriculum development
project, “Integrating Study Abroad and International Student
Experiences into Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Courses,”
these colleges will leverage their own institutional strengths in
international education to directly connect students’
international experiences to the curriculum (and thus to faculty and
other students). This project will allow Beloit College and
Kalamazoo College to work together in building structures that will
allow returned study abroad students and international students to share
their experiences and perspectives. Curriculum development
workshops will be held for faculty at the two colleges, and courses will
be developed or revised and implemented to incorporate study abroad and
international experiences.
For more information about these ACE-funded projects, please
contact:
Jill Wisniewski
Program Associate
Center for International Initiatives
(202) 939-9553
jill_wisniewski@ace.nche.edu
Last updated: June 13, 2007
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