Introduction to Title VI-A
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Introduction to Title VI-A Lisa Hollander and Lisa Spaulding Co-Directors
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Introduction to Title VI-A. Lisa Hollander and Lisa Spaulding Co-Directors. The Web Site. www.jeffco.edu. The Boring Stuff. History. The last Title VI-A. Title VI-A: 2002-05. Focused on China (Y1) and Mexico/the Caribbean (Y2) Expanded offerings of French and Chinese via ITV - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Introduction to Title VI-A
Lisa Hollander and Lisa Spaulding
Co-Directors
The Boring Stuff
History
The last Title VI-A
Title VI-A: 2002-05• Focused on China
(Y1) and Mexico/the Caribbean (Y2)
• Expanded offerings of French and Chinese via ITV
• Created the Global Education Certificate
This was a starter grant• No one expected it to succeed• But Ethel Sawyer, Janice Meyer, Dr.
Kellerman, Dr. Farnsworth and all the participating faculty made it work!
Why this grant is a big deal . . .
Change in the Competition
• More 4-Year Colleges can compete– Private 4-years, e.g. Harvard– Research I Institutions
Change in the Competition• Few readers are 2-year college
instructors• Few Consortiums
2007 Title VI-A Grants• 28 were awarded• 2 were community colleges
2007 Title VI-A Grants
• MCGE is the only consortium
2008 Title VI-A Grants• NO Community
Colleges were awarded a UiSFL grant
Follow-up Grant• To Strengthen the
Global Ed. Activities of the consortium colleges
Follow-up Grant
• Higher standards• Greater
expectations
The Grant
The Grant: Goals• Infuse 72 courses
with African content (includes 2 new courses per year)
The Grant: Infusion• West Africa
– Senegal• North Africa
– Morocco• Y3—Any Africa
The Grant: Goals• Offer 10 of the
newly created/altered courses/year online
The Grant: Goals• Expand Foreign Language offerings
– Second year French– First year Arabic
The Grant: Goals• Expand Quality of
Support for students taking Distance Ed. foreign language courses
The Grant: Goals• Offer a state-wide
conference on Africa
• This will be the first of its kind
The Grant• Make the Lisas
rich and famous!
What you need to do, eventually
• Teach the module at least three times over at least two semesters (you can do it in one year, two years, five years . . .)
What you need to do• Perform the
necessary assessments (at least two different semesters)– Assessment of the
classes
What you need to do• Send your data to
us . . .
What To Do When You
Remember None of This
www.jeffco.edu
Questions?
