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Title VI-A: What’s Left

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.

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Title VI-A: What’s Left

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  1. Title VI-A:What’s Left Lisa Hollander and Lisa Spaulding Co-Directors

  2. 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

  3. The Web Site • www.jeffco.edu

  4. History The last Title VI-A

  5. 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

  6. 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!

  7. Why this grant is a big deal . . .

  8. Change in the Competition • More 4-Year Colleges can compete • Private 4-years, e.g. Harvard • Research I Institutions

  9. Change in the Competition • Few readers are 2-year college instructors • Few Consortiums

  10. 2007 Title VI-A Grants • 28 were awarded • 2 were community colleges

  11. 2007 Title VI-A Grants • MCGE is the only consortium

  12. 2008 Title VI-A Grants • NO Community Colleges were awarded a UiSFL grant

  13. Why else this is important Have you listened to Dr. Farnsworth Lately????

  14. Why this is important • The world up and changed on us

  15. Why this is important • If our students are not prepared for a global economy, soon they will become part of a global underclass

  16. Why this is important • Because we need to embody the change we would like to see in our students

  17. Follow-up Grant • To Strengthen the Global Ed. Activities of the consortium colleges

  18. Follow-up Grant • Higher standards • Greater expectations

  19. The Grant

  20. The Grant: Goals • Infuse 72 courses with African content (includes 2 new courses per year)

  21. The Grant: Infusion • West Africa • Senegal • North Africa • Morocco • Y3—Any Africa

  22. 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

  23. The Grant: Goals • Expand Foreign Language offerings • Second year French (sort of worked) • First year Arabic (worked)

  24. The Grant: Goals • Expand Quality of Support for students taking Distance Ed. foreign language courses

  25. What we are doing now • Offer a state-wide conference on Africa • This will be the first of its kind

  26. Africa in Missouri • February 25-27th at • The Lodge of the Four Seasons

  27. Africa in Missouri • Focused on Africans in Missouri • We have lots of Africans here • Community and College resources

  28. Africa in Missouri: Goals • Showcase resources available locally • Increase awareness of Africa

  29. Africa in Missouri: Goals • Provide opportunities for student activities directors to see/experience potential African speakers/performers

  30. Africa in Missouri: Goals • Provide opportunities for faculty to see successful examples of globalization and talk about what they are doing

  31. Africa in Missouri: Goals • Provide training in how to globalize courses for both college and high school faculty

  32. What is next: Recommendations • The grant ends this year • Campuses will need to determine if global education is important or not

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. The Grant • Make the Lisas rich and famous!

  36. Questions?

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