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Internationalization Collaborative
Regional Meetings

ACE's Center for International Initiatives is proud to support regional meetings of the Internationalization Collaborative designed to give Collaborative members and nonmembers alike continued opportunities to share best practices, set international student learning goals, and discuss the challenges involved in internationalizing the campus.

Previous Regional Meetings

Internationalizing the Curriculum
Hosted by Maricopa Community College District in Tempe, Arizona
November 13–14, 2008. 

The meeting highlighted best practices in internationalizing the curriculum and will featured keynote speakers Dr. Christa Olson, Associate Director of International Initiatives at ACE, and Dr. Paul Elsner, Chancellor Emeritus of the Maricopa Community Colleges District. Panel presentations emphasized supportive policies and practices in internationalizing the curriculum, examples of how to infuse world languages across the curriculum, and efforts to internationalize the co-curriculum.

Venturing Abroad: Overseas Branch Campuses and Universities
Hosted by City University in Seattle, Washington
October 29–30 2008

The conference presented the results of a 2008 publication by the American Council on Education (ACE) as well as highlighted successful examples of U.S. institutions involved in offering programs and campuses abroad.  The panels examined the implementation process and the ongoing efforts needed to maintain and deepen programs abroad. Teams of institutional leaders, international educators, and faculty members interested in such programs attended the meeting. 

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum: Building New Connections
Hosted by Portland State University, in collaboration with Baldwin-Wallace College, Binghamton University, and The University of Iowa
October 11–13, 2006

The Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) Movement intends to make global competence a reality for students and to create alliances among educators to share practices and find ways to incorporate an international dimension in curricula, and, more generally, to achieve internationalization goals. The specific focus of the 2nd annual conference on Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum was: 1) how to prepare students for CLAC through better K–16 articulation and 2) how to incorporate culture into language-focused models. The conference was held in conjunction with the 6th International Conference on Service Learning in Portland, Oregon, to allow participants to learn about incorporating CLAC into service learning experiences. These two events overlapped by one day to allow cross-conference participation.

The Internationalized Campus: How Business, Community, and Internal Partnerships Make it Happen
Park University/The University of Kansas
April 7–8, 2006

Park University and the University of Kansas held a Midwest Regional Meeting of the Internationalization Collaborative in cooperation with the American Council on Education (ACE). The meeting was held at Park University's College for Distance Learning in Parkville, Missouri, in April 2006. Colleges and universities increasingly seek comprehensive campus internationalization through internal and external partnerships, because such partnerships represent a key strategy for advancing a global perspective as the common thread for curricular and co-curricular activities. Corporate and community leaders are eager to collaborate with colleges and universities in the education of a future workforce whose members must be aware not merely of their local scene, but of the entire globe. This conference highlighted some best practices for partnerships that connect academic programs and that blend these programs with student life initiatives. Presentations focused on the linkage of internal and external partnerships to optimize existing resources, develop new resources, and create opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage the global community. View presentations from the meeting.

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum: Responding to a National Need
The University of Iowa/Binghamton University
November 5–6, 2005

The University of Iowa, in collaboration with Binghamton University and the American Council on Education, hosted a conference on Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum, on November 5–6, 2005. The conference examined opportunities to expand the role of culture in LAC initiatives and will consider alternative models that foster the acquisition of cross-cultural competencies. This conference also considered other LAC issues that have not yet been adequately discussed or analyzed, including:

1. How does LAC contribute to an institution's comprehensive internationalization agenda?
2. How does LAC relate to comparative literature, cultural studies, and area studies?
3. How does LAC fit into the international education missions of U.S. government and industry (the "expert" model vs. the "metropolitan migrant" model)?
4. How does LAC relate to content-based language instruction and the development of new content-based FL textbooks and technology?
5. How can we better link LAC to K–12 foreign language and cross-cultural education as well as to post-secondary international education, including study abroad?

Leveraging Resources in International Education
Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education/Old Dominion University/Tidewater Community College
April 8–9, 2005

Providing students with a global education improves their ability to succeed in a world marked by instant digital communication, cultural diversity, and rapid change. Although many higher education institutions are striving for global competency, limited resources often make it difficult for colleges and universities to achieve this goal. But when campus departments, institutions in a given geographic region or state, or institutions and organizations at national and international levels begin to leverage their resources jointly, they can greatly enhance internationalization efforts. This conference highlighted ways institutions can work together to enhance international education; encourage the sharing of resources, both internally and externally; enabled the formation of partnerships to enhance the promotion of global competencies; and provided examples of leveraging program resources for a wider impact on students, faculty, administrators, and the community.

New Directions in International Education: Building Context, Connections, and Knowledge
Beloit College, Beloit, WI
October 29–30, 2004

The challenge of international education is to create context, connections, and knowledge so that students and institutions of higher education are better able to engage with our changing world. Meeting this challenge requires innovative programs and curricula. This conference enabled participants to exchange ideas about new ways of extending and enhancing international education for students.

Innovative Strategies for Internationalization in Higher Education
Indiana University/Michigan State University/University of Iowa
Chicago, IL
April 25–26, 2003

This conference focused on stretching scarce resources through leveraging, collaboration, and partnerships, and on the impact of new technologies on teaching and research in international studies. In addition, sessions addressed exemplary international studies programs.

Developing Global Competencies in Higher Education
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Campus
Madison, NJ
April 4–5, 2003

This conference brought together higher education faculty, academic and student services administrators, institutional leaders, and policy makers. Participants worked to define global competencies and the means to develop them, identified the necessary components of a "global education plan," and devised ways to incorporate these elements into all aspects of campus life.

For more information about these meetings, please contact:
Jill Wisniewski, Program Associate
E-mail: jill_wisniewski@ace.nche.edu
Phone: (202) 939-9553

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