STJ Strategic Plan: Global & MissionChairpersons’ 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 facultyto engage students through study abroad.

OGS: Recent Developments

• Enrollment Largest spring program in STJ historyNearly 200% growth from spring 2008Over 300% growth in overall numbers in ~ 3 yearsSuccess in enrolling VHN students

• Competitive ScholarshipsSpring 20096 Gilman Scholarship Winners (4 Accepted)1 Freeman Asia Winner

• Service OpportunitiesSpring 2009Over 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 studentsExpand enrollment to 1500 by 2012-2013 (from 500+ this year)

• Create Programs That StickClose to Our “Home” ValuesC-Culturally IntegratedA-Academically RichS-Service-FocusedS-SafeA-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 1Deadline 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.

Discussion