Internationalization of the Curriculum (2011 Strategic Plan)

Internationalization of the campus presents much potential for curricular innovations that involve collaborations between faculty and international artists and scholars, new ways of incorporating foreign language study into Division II concentrations and Division III projects, and building academic communities around international issues and global events.

Comments
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 * I know the queer studies program is everyone's poster child, but let's not forget the language program. We have some awesome professors, but it really needs some help. I think that the WLEA is an important step in integrating foreign languages into other parts of the curriculum, but now we need to get the department itself on its feet. Ellen Green
 * This is a comment for the entire internationalization intitiative: I feel that the number one priority of the internationalization initiative should be coming together as a community to define what that means for our campus, setting goals and priorities, and reexamining our current practices and policies related to study abroad, financial, internationalization of the curriculum and international student recruitment. I think it would be a good idea for a task force to be put together to help spearhead this effort and put together an effective internationalization plan for the next 3-5 years and beyond. Some of the key areas that I believe should be focused on are: 1) A comprehensive review of our current study abroad offerings through Exchange, field study and short-term field courses, focusing primarily on the exchange programs. 2) A comprehensive review of the financial structure in place to support study abroad (exchange vs. field study) and to find ways to make study abroad more accessible to more students through financial aid etc. 3) Setting of goals and priorities for the types of programs, fields of study, world regions, where we want to focus our energies and resources for our Exchange programs. 4) Processes in place to develop new programs and evaluate existing ones. 5) Goals for international recruitment and assessment of the resources needed to support continual growth.
 * Continued from second bullet....I also believe we need to address the Mellon grant and how we as a campus plan to continue to integrate language learning into the curriculum.