Network Exchanges for University Students (NEXUS)

A PRESENTATION OF STUDENT MOBILITY OPTIONS

for the ASSOCIATION OF PACIFIC RIM

UNIVERSITIES March/2005

A PRESENTATION OF STUDENT MOBILITY OPTIONS

for the ASSOCIATION OF PACIFIC RIM

UNIVERSITIES March/2005

Student Mobility Working Group

• Student mobility has become increasingly important for universities with a global outlook, and there is much that APRU as a network can offer in this area.

Specific Objectives

• To examine issues related to student mobility including credit transfers, funding and curriculum issues

• To review possible models and explore opportunities for greater collaboration between universities pertaining to student mobility

• To make recommendations with regard to approaches and models to promote student mobility across APRU member universities

• To recommend implementation strategies

NETWORK EXCHANGES for = NEXUS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

NEXUS Options

• Direct Exchanges

• (Post-) Graduate Student Exchanges

• Short-term Integrated Study Abroad Programs

• Theme-based Concurrent Courses and Symposia

• Virtual Exchange: Internet-based Courses

Singapore

Vancouver

Santiago

Los Angeles

Vladivostok

Auckland

DirectExchange

DirectExchange

Kyoto

Vancouver

Santiago

Los Angeles

Seoul

Canberra

DirectExchange

(Post-) Graduate Student Exchange

(Post-) Graduate Student Exchange

Tokyo

Research Projectat any

APRU Institution

Palo AltoBangkok

$

$

¥

Seattle

B

Short-term Integrated Study AbroadShort-term Integrated Study Abroad

Sending Institution Host Institution

Provides access to:

•Classrooms•Residence Halls

•Computers•Dining Halls

•Local Faculty and Students

Provides logisticalsupport

Responsible for:

•Program Conception•Budgeting

•Coordination•Student Selection

•Pre-departure Orientation•Academic Content

•Evaluation

$

Theme-based Concurrent Courses and Symposia

Theme-based Concurrent Courses and Symposia

NE PacificCoastal Zone Management

Course

SE PacificCoastal Zone Management

Course

SW PacificCoastal Zone Management

Course

NW PacificCoastal Zone Management

Course

East – WestCenter

Virtual Exchange: Internet-based Courses

Virtual Exchange: Internet-based Courses

• Individual or team-taught courses around the APRU network.

• Joint projects, joint assessment

Funding

• Many of these proposed exchange formats are revenue-neutral

• Others are self-sustaining

• Others could attract outside funding

• APRU Presidential Student Travel Grants for NEXUS programs?

“Travel is lethal to prejudice”“Travel is lethal to prejudice”

Mark Twain Mark Twain

Student Mobility Working Group

• University of Washington David M. Fenner, Assistant Vice Provost for Int’l Education (Group Leader)

• Fudan University Chen Yinzhang, Director, Office of Foreign Affairs• Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Yuk Shee-Chan, Vice-President for

Academic Affairs• Keio University Toshiro Tanaka, Vice President, International Programs and Exchange• National University of Singapore Liew Ah Choy, Director, International Relations Office• Osaka University Naoshi Suzuki, Vice President• Seoul National University Kyongsoo Lho, Dean of International Affairs• University of British Columbia Katherine Beaumont, Director, Go Global: Student Mobility

Programs• University of California, Santa Barbara Michael Stohl, Professor of Communication• University of Indonesia Junaidi, Deputy Head, International Office• University of Malaya Su’ad Awab, Director, International Relations• University of Oregon Thomas J. Mills, Associate Vice President for International Programs