Title VI-A:What’s Left
Lisa Hollander and Lisa Spaulding
Co-Directors
What we’re going to cover• 1) Where we have come from• 2) Why this is important• 3) What we have done so far• 4) What we are doing now (Y3)• 5) What’s Next
The Web Site•www.jeffco.edu
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
Why else this is important
Have you listened to Dr. Farnsworth Lately????
Why this is important• The world up
and changed on us
Why this is important• If our students are
not prepared for a global economy, soon they will become part of a global underclass
Why this is important• Because we
need to embody the change we would like to see in our students
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
• We don’t need to do this as you-all do a great job training faculty in online pedagogy
The Grant: Goals• Expand Foreign Language offerings
– Second year French (sort of worked)– First year Arabic (worked)
The Grant: Goals• Expand Quality of
Support for students taking Distance Ed. foreign language courses
What we are doing now• Offer a state-wide
conference on Africa
• This will be the first of its kind
Africa in Missouri• February 25-
27th at• The Lodge of
the Four Seasons
Africa in Missouri• Focused on
Africans in Missouri– We have lots of
Africans here– Community and
College resources
Africa in Missouri: Goals• Showcase
resources available locally
• Increase awareness of Africa
Africa in Missouri: Goals• Provide
opportunities for student activities directors to see/experience potential African speakers/performers
Africa in Missouri: Goals• Provide
opportunities for faculty to see successful examples of globalization and talk about what they are doing
Africa in Missouri: Goals• Provide training
in how to globalize courses for both college and high school faculty
What is next: Recommendations
• The grant ends this year
• Campuses will need to determine if global education is important or not
What is next: Recommendations
• Another Title VI-A grant (no one has taken this up yet)
• Decide where foreign languages are going– Continue momentum– Technological decisions– Keeping adjuncts/hiring full-timers
What is next: Recommendations
• This is the moment where officers have to make conscious choices– Critical mass of faculty– Global Education Certificate becoming
commonly available– A more immediately tangible need
The Grant• Make the Lisas
rich and famous!
Questions?
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