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STJ Strategic Plan: Global & Mission
Chairpersons’ Retreat August 24, 2009
Introduction
A global education at STJ encompasses: • Sending students out into the world.
• Bringing the world into the classroom.
• Incorporating international service learning into the student experience.
Overview
• Global – Office of Global Studies – Academic Planning Committee: Subcommittee on Global Education • Mission – Distinctively Vincentian Service in the Global Context
Office of Global Studies (OGS)
OGS: Summary
• Presentation Purpose • Recent Developments • Key Goals • Faculty Involvement – Short-Term Program Creation – Distance Learning – Advisory Board – “Tell Me More” – Student Travel Abroad Compliance – OGS Department Lunch Chats • Next Steps
OGS: Guiding Questions
• Why should students study abroad?
• What % of US undergraduates would you estimate study abroad during their time in college?
OGS: Presentation Purpose To create meaningful ways for faculty to engage students through study abroad.
OGS: Recent Developments
• Enrollment Largest spring program in STJ history Nearly 200% growth from spring 2008 Over 300% growth in overall numbers in ~ 3 years Success in enrolling VHN students • Competitive Scholarships
Spring 2009
6 Gilman Scholarship Winners (4 Accepted) 1 Freeman Asia Winner • Service Opportunities
Spring 2009
Over 3200 hours across all cities Thank you!
OGS: Key Goals
• Make Study Abroad A “When,” Not an “If” Provide an international opportunity for all STJ students Expand enrollment to 1500 by 2012-2013 (from 500+ this year) • Create Programs That Stick Close to Our “Home” Values C-Culturally Integrated A-Academically Rich S-Service-Focused
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-Safe A-Affordable • Utilize Rome & Paris Campuses throughout the Year • Expand Short-Term, Faculty-Led, & Semester Programming
OGS: Faculty Involvement
• Short-Term Program Creation All programs created in coordination with the Provost’s and Deans’ offices Summer, Winter, “Capstone,” Introductory Sessions, or school- or major-specific semester programs (e.g., ICS Freshman Passport, DTW Pharmacy) Deadline for winter programs:
May 1
Deadline for summer programs:
October 1
OGS Assistance Logistics Recruitment Financial Aid Incentives (e.g., $1,000 off 6 Credits) University Requirements/Compliance
OGS: Faculty Involvement
• Distance Learning • Advisory Board • “Tell Me More” • Student Travel Compliance • OGS Department Lunch Chats
OGS: Next Steps
• Discuss study abroad options with your faculty.
• Consider interested faculty for lunch with OGS. • Contact OGS with any questions.
Academic Planning Committee (APC)
Subcommittee on Global Education
APC: Strategic Plan Objectives
• Embed a global perspective in the curriculum as part of every student’s experience to prepare our students for the workplace and the world. • Promote cross-cultural understanding and appreciation between University students, faculty, staff and administration, and the less fortunate throughout the world.
APC: A Distinction
• Global education deals with the relations among nations, • Intercultural education deals with relations within a nation.
APC: Baseline Data
• A list of STJ Course Offerings in Multicultural/Ethnic Studies which includes courses which focus on these issues. • A survey of faculty to find out if and to what extent they include global topics in their courses.
APC: Survey Results
Extent of Global Perspectives in Courses: More than 50% Between 26-50% Less than 10% None Percentage of Faculty: 24% 37% 24% 15%
APC: Global Strengths on Campus
• Core courses with a global perspective • Cultural organizations • Discover New York courses emphasizing cultural issues • CTL programs on global education
APC: Recommendations
• Put more emphasis on the already existing global aspects of the core and how these relate to other global education initiatives at the University.
• On the STJ Website create a page, comparable to the first page of the University Libraries site, that has links to the many global education resources at the University as well as to external sites. • Develop a database of activities, assignments, and teaching strategies that faculty use to infuse global perspectives into their courses.
• Have faculty share their experiences abroad not only with other faculty, but with students in the classes they teach and with the large University community.
• Provide more opportunities for students to have more intercultural out-of-class experiences, drawing on the resources available in New York.
APC: Recommendations
• Find ways to incorporate study abroad experiences into different majors. • Utilize our students’ vast cultural diversity as well as that of New York City.
• Develop intercultural and global learning communities for freshmen. • Institute a faculty development program, including a faculty learning community modeled on the CTL Teaching and Technology Fellows, to foster global education. • The 2009-2010 Academic Lecture series will focus on global education; encourage the University community to make this central to the University experience during the year.
• Institute a permanent committee to flesh out these proposals and forge their implementation.
• To focus attention on all these activities, and in particular to coordinate them, it would be extremely beneficial to have a high level academic administrator for global education.
Mission: Vincentian Service
• Engaging undergraduate and graduate student through service learning.
• Supporting Mission and Global Outreach/Understanding through short-term study abroad. • Integrating international themes into the curriculum through service —both in New York and abroad.