Strategies for Internationalizing your College or University (A4) Speakers: Stephen Handel, Margaret Heisel, Barbara Hill

1. The American Council on Education
Internationalizing Higher Education
in the United States
Dr. Barbara A. Hill, Senior Associate
April 2010

2. The American Council on
Education
• Non-Governmental, higher education association
• Over 1800 member institutions and associations
• Mission to provide leadership and unifying voice on
key higher education issues
• Priorities: Representation, leadership, service
• Programs: Access & equity, lifelong learning,
leadership development, and internationalization

3. ACE’s International Mission
and Vision Statement
In order for the United States to have a truly world-class
higher education system, colleges and universities must be
globally engaged and prepare students to be citizens of a
multicultural community both at home and in a globalized
world. Institutions accomplish this by having a multi-
dimensional, comprehensive strategy that includes
internationalization at home and engagement with global
issues and partners. ACE's mission is to help U.S.
institutions achieve this goal and to represent the diversity
of U.S. higher education in the global arena.

4. ACE implements this mission by:
• Consulting with institutions and disseminating examples of good
practice in campus internationalization.
• Providing professional development opportunities for presidents,
provosts, and campus teams.
• Engaging in advocacy.
• Organizing meetings of U.S. higher education leaders and their
counterparts from other countries.
• Providing support for and implementing development cooperation
projects.
• Representing U.S. higher education in global forums.
• Conducting research on issues related to the internationalization of
U.S. higher education and global engagement.

5. What is an Internationalized
Campus?
“Internationalization is the process for
integrating international/intercultural
content into the teaching, learning,
research and service functions of the
institution.”
Jane Knight

6. What is ACE’s integrated
approach to
internationalization?
• An internationalization review to catalog and
analyze what the institution is doing
• The development of student global learning
outcomes and a method for assessing them to
better understand the impact of what the
institution is doing
• The integration of the results of the review and the
learning outcomes process into a strategic
internationalization plan

7. What does an
internationalization review
include? (1)
• Institutional Articulated Commitment:
Mission, Goals, and Vision
• The Local, State, and Broader Environment for
Internationalization
• Institutional Strategic Plan
• International Office Structure, Portfolio, and
Personnel

8. What does an
internationalization review
include? (2)
• Faculty International Background, Interest, and
Activity
• Structures, Policies, and Practices for Faculty
Development, Travel, Tenure & Promotion
• Attitudes of Domestic Students
• The Curriculum and Co-Curriculum
• Study and Internships Abroad
• International Students

9. What does an
internationalization review
include? (3)
• Engagement with Institutions in Other
Countries
• Resources
• Synergies among all these aspects of
internationalization
• Opportunities to deepen and improve
internationalization

10. What does articulating global
learning outcomes add to the
review process?
• Offers a guide for aligning curriculum and
other inputs with desired outcomes for students
• Helps prioritize activities in an
internationalization plan.
• Encourage a culture of quality improvement
• Helps stakeholders understand the impact of
institutional activities
• Satisfies accrediting agencies

11. Basic Questions Addressed by
Articulating Learning Outcomes
• What do we want our students to know and be
able to do? (knowledge, skills, attitudes)
• Where would students acquire this knowledge
and these skills and attitudes?
• What is our evidence that students are actually
achieving these outcomes?

12. Elements of the
Internationalization Strategic
Plan
• Vision for Internationalization
• Strategic Goals
• Performance Indicators – Outcomes and
Evidence of Success
• Specific Action Steps and Timeline
• Responsible Agents
• Funding

13. Another Resource for Campus
Internationalization
In August 2008 ACE’s Center for
International Initiatives convened the
Inter-Association Network on Campus
Internationalization (INCI), a
coordinating body for higher education
organizations engaged in research and
programming on issues related to
campus internationalization

14. The INCI Resource Portal:
www.campusinternationalization.org
• This common portal provides an overview of and access to
each association’s information and resources in
internationalization.
• Designed for college and university presidents, provosts,
academic deans, senior international officers, and
interested faculty, the portal contains carefully selected
links to resources for those leading Campus
Internationalization.

15. For other information on campus
internationalization, go to:
http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMen
Thank you.
barbara_hill@ace.nche.edu