conversations on the bridge: the bridging cultures project at middlesex community college
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“We have spent too little time discussing what it means for a nation to draw on many identity communities, or for an individual to live a life that constantly crosses boundaries and weaves together webs of significance from multiple circles – larger and smaller – that may both intersect and contradict.”
~AAC&U’s The Drama of Diversity and Democracy: Higher Education and American Commitments, second edition (2011)
Conversations on the Bridge:The Bridging Cultures Project at Middlesex
Community College
Dona Cady, Dean of Global EducationCarina E. Self, Assist. Dean of Social Sciences & Service LearningMatthew Olson, Dean of Humanities & Social Sciences
About Middlesex Community College
• Two campuses – Bedford and Lowell, MA• Non-residential• 9664 students (headcount)• 5618 full-time equivalent (FTE)• 61% part-time• 39% full-time
Overview
• Middlesex Experience with Global Learning– Long history of emphasis on global education– Twenty-three year relationship with the Asian
Studies Development Program at the East West Center
– Twenty year old service learning program‐ ‐
Strategic Direction
• 2011-2014 Strategic Plan lists six “Strategic Directions” including…
“We will transform learning by integrating -academic, workplace and global experiences to meet personal, professional and community needs.”
• https://www.middlesex.mass.edu/strategicplanning/downloads/stratdir.pdf
Global Education
• DONA?
Service Learning Program
• In 2012-13 academic year, 950 students participated in the service-learning program and performed a total of 19,000 service hours.
• Fall 2012 - 38 faculty in 36 different courses (64 sections)
• Spring 2013 - 37 faculty in 34 different courses (58 sections)
Assessing Global Learning
• Internal: Institutional Student Learning Outcomes (ISLOs) – Social Responsibility and Multicultural & Global Awareness
• External: NEASC, Massachusetts Board of Higher Education’s VISION Project
Integrating Efforts
• Previously, a series of separate efforts (in silos)• The Middlesex Bridging Cultures Project (BCP)
is a unified effort to develop:• cross disciplinary knowledge‐• cultural literacy• active awareness of individual and collective responsibility• synergy and economy across efforts
The Massachusetts Vision Project
• In 2010, the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education unveiled a strategic plan called the Vision Project with 6 key outcomes
• In 2012, an additional key outcome was added
AAC&U Global Learning VALUE Rubric
• What is the Global Learning VALUE Rubric• Used to evaluate activities or experiences for
students (SLOs)• Examples form Middlesex Community College• Examples from your schools?
AAC&U Global Learning Inventory
• Assessing a college, campus, or other major area (school or division)
• Two dimensions:Breadth: the degree to which efforts are
connected (Isolated/Integrated)Depth: the degree to which efforts are embedded
throughout the institution (Superficial/Embedded)
Some Questions about Pervasiveness
• How well-connected are programs/activities/courses? What structures help with integration?
• How do efforts build on existing work?• How are activities “scaffolded” for
development over time?• How do we know we are making a difference
(student learning AND campus culture)?
Modeling and Practice
• Examples from Middlesex Community College
• Examples from your school (think
aloud)
Benefits of One Identifiable Program
• Galvanize faculty, create identity for this work• Faculty see work as connected to something
larger• Work is linked to goals of MCC strategic plan– Gen Ed reform, Closing Achievement Gap
• Better uses of resources– Speaker series– Bridging Cultures (IDS) Weekend
Conversations on the Bridge:The Bridging Cultures Project at Middlesex
Community College
Dona Cady, Dean of Global EducationCarina E. Self, Assist. Dean of Social Sciences & Service LearningMatthew Olson, Dean of Humanities & Social Sciences
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