“A pervasive lack of knowledge about foreign cultures and foreign languages threatens the security of the United States as well as its ability to compete in the global marketplace and produce an informed citizenry. ” The National Research Council
The Imperative of Global Education Title VI-A in the Missouri Community Colleges By Lisa and Lisa Hollander and Spaulding Jeff. Co and Penn Valley
Why This is Important. . WHO WAS HERE WEDNESDAY ?
What Cindy Epperson said Wednesday night. . WHAT DAVID J. SMITH SAID WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .
Why This Is Important For the Economy
Economically A Century Ago The U. S. led in the corporate vertical integration process Mining raw materials through selling to consumers Today U. S. is still a leader but in the reverse process Corporate analysis identify each step and outsource or insource to generate the lowest cost
Economically But. . This work is often performed by machines If someone (be they in India or Taiwan or California) can work out an algorithm for a routine job, it can be automated
Economically AND most well-paying, middle-class American jobs involve routine work. There are no American jobs- just jobs. Stolen from Mary Abraham, MCC Research & Assessment
Why This Is Important For the Country
We cannot win the numbers game BAs 5% of the Chinese population 25% of the American population the U. S. still graduates more college students than does China
We cannot win the numbers game When China is able to graduate 10% of its population, America must graduate 40% in order to remain even. This, of course, does not include India or any other rapidly developing nation. .
Who speaks more languages?
Hindi, Urdu, English
Global apathy Only 14 percent believe speaking another language is a necessary skill.
Global apathy nearly two-thirds of Americans aged 18 to 24 still cannot find Iraq on a map
Global apathy Thirty-three percent of Americans couldn't pinpoint Louisiana on a map. Only 50% could locate the state of New York on a map. Fewer than three in 10 think it important to know the locations of countries in the news
Global Apathy Nearly three-quarters incorrectly named English as the most widely spoken native language.
Global Apathy Forty-seven percent could not find the Indian subcontinent on a map of Asia. Seventy-five percent were unable to locate Israel on a map of the Middle East.
Global Apathy On the positive side, seven in 10 young Americans correctly located China on a map BUT, Forty-five percent said China's population is only twice that of the United States. It's actually four times larger than the U. S. population.
We must win the quality game Education must prepare students at a high level in more areas AND in a way that makes them more creative thinkers Comfort with abstraction and ideas is key The Current Education System is built for another era Also stolen from Mary Abraham
Why This Is Important For the Community Colleges
HLC Defines Diversity as Global Criteria Two: Preparing for the future: “the organization’s planning documents demonstrate that attention is being paid to emerging factors such as technology, demographic shifts, and globalization” (3. 1 -3).
HLC Defines Diversity as Global The Handbook of Accreditation also calls for colleges to be actively aware of the global environment students will be entering (3. 1 -3), for students to be prepared to live and work in a global society (3. 1 -5), and for global to be part of a general definition of diversity (3. 22).
Why This Is Important (most importantly, ) For Our Students
Which Jobs are going away? As best phrased by one faculty member, “aren’t the jobs being off-shored the ones we’re training our students for? If students must have a four-year degree in order to compete in the job market, how does this affect our mission? ” These are the questions we must answer and answer quickly
How fast will they need to adapt? “Employers are seeking graduates prepared for a 21 st century global economy, yet too many colleges and universities are still operating in a 20 th century mode. ”
Why Community Colleges Can Really Fix this Problem Responsive Adaptive Student centered
A Step Back in History How MCCA got in the international business
History MCCA Spawns MCGE 1995 Dr. Kellerman’s Vision and dedication to this concept brought into existence one of the only statewide consortia of its kind And Dr. Farnsworth ROCKS!
History What is Title VI-A? What is Ui. SFL? The First One 2002 -2005 A starter grant =Successful
First Title VIA Grant 2002 -05 Focused on China and Mexico/the Caribbean Infused global content into 108 college courses Expanded offerings of Spanish, Chinese and other languages Created the MCCA Global Education Certificate
The goals of this second Grant, 2007 -2010 www. jeffco. edu/mcge
Follow-up Grant goals To strengthen the ongoing Global Ed. activities of the consortium colleges To globalize MORE classes To share globalized classes by distance delivery
Follow-up Grant goals To add more Foreign languages at each campus To share more languages across campuses
Follow-up Grant goals To explore Africa in many ways including third year statewide conference February 2010? ? ?
The Grant: Course Infusion West Africa Senegal French Indigenous Languages North Africa Morocco French Arabic
The Grant: Foreign Languages Expand Foreign Language offerings Any Foreign language, but especially First and Second year French First and Second year Arabic PERHAPS an indigenous African language Using on campus courses AND Shared distance delivery courses
The Grant: Foreign Languages Shared Distance Delivery Courses Attended CLAC—Cultures and Languages across the Curriculum Supporting Distance Language Learners October 2007 Workshop Dr. Farnsworth and Lisa H.
The Grant: Foreign Languages MCCA has a distance learning agreement in place We are working on Improved Coordination between colleges WE are working on expanding quantity and quality of both teaching and student support for students taking distance delivery foreign language courses
What do the colleges do? Incredible Support from individual colleges’ administration – including mileage for workshop attendees Provide the faculty and staff Provide support via technical and learning center staff Library acquisitions Provide for travel all over Missouri *Provide for a Morocco trip in May 2009
Where we are with this grant
Title VI-A Year II Held two training “content” workshops 43 courses were globalized Affecting over 2, 200 students a year FL news Held the first training workshop Currently have 38 participants FL news East Central
Five Things You Can Do
#5 Be (even more) Kind to your International Students #4 Use the BBC Headlines (or some other international news source) as your computer screen saver #3 Talk about what you read
#2 Attend International Films or encourage the selection of international authors for your book club. #1 Challenge People around you who suggest that the wider world is not important.
Five Bigger Things You Can Do
#5 Have a favorite country Go there (either live or vicariously) and encourage others (including students) to go #4 Host an international or exchange student #3 Study a Foreign Language Then talk to/with your colleagues in it : -}
#2 Globalize your courses or help your faculty globalize theirs #1 Celebrate International Education week EVERY week. Create an environment where you create outreach within your college and out to the wider community
As a bonus. . Visit the Grant Website www. jeffco. edu/mcge Resources Modules already developed A spark for imagination
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