International Educational Partnerships in a Post-

Colonial Era

By Dr. Carolyn G. Bishop President, CGE Atlanta, GA www.cgedu.org

CCCU – 35th ANNUAL PRESIDENT’S CONFERENCE

1. The best students are no longer limited by geography and their countries’ development.

2. Curriculum content today is just a precursor to what must be continually updated.

3. Goals and structures for international programs are changing within the life of each university or college.

Recent International Trends

PILLARS OF A GLOBAL UNIVERSITYIncoming and Outgoing

1. Active strategies to recruit, retain, and integrate the highest quality international students.

2. Enhanced international partnerships and appealing study abroad opportunities.

CURRENT STUDY ABROAD ISSUES

1. Internationalization affects budgets2. Focus is to prepare global students3. Increased faculty interest and efforts4. Options for joint and dual degrees 5. English is growing as a classroom

language

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS FOR STUDY ABROAD

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA QUITO, ECUADOR

AMMAN, JORDAN BANGKOK, THAILAND

For Participating Universities:• Students are priority & stay enrolled at

home campus• Satisfies internationalization objectives• Supports faculty interaction and

participation• Shared management responsibilities• Stretches student funding resources• Sets up multiplication factors via cooperative model

GCSA - Key Success Factors

For Participating Students:• Easy enrollment via home campus• Expands opportunities for innovative study abroad • Ensures safe, well planned, & affordable global study• Enables approved scholarship and funding sources• Extends study experiences with cultural opportunities• Extra benefits for internships and service learning

GCSA - Key Success Factors

SOUTHWEST

BAPTIST

ANDERSON UNIVERSTY

UNION UNIVERSITY

MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR