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INTERNATIONALIZING INTERNATIONALIZING NORTH ISLAND COLLEGENORTH ISLAND COLLEGE
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What is it?
Why internationalize?
What is NIC doing?
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What is INTERNATIONALIZATION?
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Globalization is the flow of technology, economy, knowledge, people, values, ideas… across borders. Globalization affects each country in a different way due to a nation’s individual history, traditions, culture and priorities.
Knight and DeWitt 1999
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Internationalization of higher education is one
of the ways a country responds to the impact of
globalization yet, at the same time respects the
individuality of the nation
Dewitt and Knight 1999
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Approaches to Internationalization
Activities – e.g. international students, exchanges, curriculum development
Competencies – new skills, knowledge, attitudes and values
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Ethos – creation of a culture and climate
Process – infusion of international and intercultural dimension into teaching, research and service through a combination of activities, policies and procedures
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Defining Internationalization
What are the common elements in these four definitions of internationalization?
BCCIE handout 2B-2
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What makes internationalization successful?
1. Leadership2. Infusion3. Faculty involvement and support
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What makes internationalization successful?
4. Curriculum
5. Strategic Planning and Evaluation
6. ResourcesFrancis 1993
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WHY INTERNATIONALIZE?
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The main aim of internationalization is to put in place programmes and activities which enable higher education – its institutions, students, staff – to take part effectively in a world characterized by increasing international cooperation, exchange and interdependence.
Professor Kasuhiro Ebuchi, Kyushu U.
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To learn about another great culture is to enrich one’s life, to understand one’s own country better, to feel more at home in the world, and to indirectly to add to that reservoir of
individual goodwill that may, generations from now, temper the cynical use of national power.
Virkam Seth, Author of A Suitable Boy
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Internationalization – four rationales
Economic Socio-cultural Academic Political
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Economic Rationale
There is a positive relationship between international education and economic performance measured by the GDP, International Trade FDI ( Foreign Direct Investment)
The Economic Implications for Canada and Nine Comparator Countries
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Post secondary international education activity contributes $126M to $274M to the BC economy, depending on how estimates are calculated
Add Private and K- 12 sectors and the figure increases to as high as $443M
International students are “educational tourists” who make an impact similar to other tourists
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Internationalization contributes to enhanced research and learning opportunities, development of worldwide network of academics
Internationalization contributes to international perspectives on economic and social issues
British Columbia Centre for International Education
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Socio-cultural Rationale
Higher education’s responsibility to educate students about the world is greater than ever.
The ability to live and work in a pluralistic world and in a polarized and frightening world
is not an optional skill.
Green and Baer Chronicle of Higher Education Nov, 2001
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An education system that prepares student to live and work in an international and multicultural society is essential to our future.
BCCIE
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Academic Rationale
BCCIE has conducted research to answer the question – “ What competencies do students require to succeed as citizens and as professionals in today’s global society?”
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International Learning Competencies
• Language and communication skills
• Ability to adapt to cultural environment
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International Learning Competencies
• Confidence in speaking about issues that impact Canada
• Relate these issues to their historical context and global trends and concerns
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International Learning Competencies
• Understand Canadian and world history, geography, social, religious and political structures as well as current events
• Ability to value individual and cultural differences
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International Learning Competencies
• Willingness to risk being a stranger, to learn about other cultures and adapt to them
• Cope with stressful situations and develop emotional resilience
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Political Rationale
• Grounded more in the national perspective rather than institutional perspective
• International education has been seen as a tool for foreign policy
• Strengthen and promote a national identity
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Top Three Reasons to Internationalize
• 95% - prep grads who are internationally knowledgeable
• 65% - address the interdependent nature of the world through scholarship
• 26% - address national and international issues• 25% - acknowledge diversity AND maintain
economic competitiveness
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT NIC?
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North Island College’s History
• international students with community connections
• 1994 – Task Force on International Education established
• 1995 - Advisory Committee established as a result of Task force work
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NIC History
• 1995 – IE added to work of Dean Developmental Programs/
Aboriginal Education
• 1995 – Advisory committee continues work
• 1997 – 20% faculty position created for IE
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NIC History
•1997 – 2002 –incremental steps to build internal systems, marketing plan, homestay program
•2002 – IE included as a key goal in NIC’s Education Plan
•2003 – International Education Business plan developed
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NIC’s Approach to Internationalization
Process – infusion of international and intercultural dimensions into teaching, research and service through a combination of activities, policies and procedures
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NIC’s Rationale for Internationalization
Combination of academic, economic and socio- cultural
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What makes internationalization successful?
•Leadership•Infusion•Faculty involvement and support•Curriculum•Strategic Planning and Evaluation•Resources
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What’s NIC doing now?
•Presidential and Board support
•Business plan implementation
•Policy development
•Build understanding of internationalization
•Integration of services
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What’s NIC doing now?
•Marketing and recruitment
•ESL program development
•Overseas contracts
•Community Liaison
•Partnerships
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What does NIC need to do in the short term?
•Build student numbers through marketing, agent relationships, website
development, partnerships
•Infuse international education into more of the curriculum
•Continue to refine and develop support systems for international students
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What does NIC need to do in the longer term?
•Increase international activities including study abroad and institutional
partnerships.
•Create financial aid opportunities for IE students
•Build a balance among the economic, academic and socio-cultural rationales
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North Island College
Office of Internationalization
Dean, Maggie O’Sullivan
Facilitator, Colleen Hanley
Support, Kathy Kelm
www.nic.bc.ca/ie
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