ENGAGING A UNIVERSTY’S LEADERSHIP TEAM IN ELEVATING GLOBAL LEARNING

GS-106

Ed Rugg, Dan Papp, Lynn Black & Barry Morris

Kennesaw State Universityhttp://vic.kennesaw.edu

Developing the global competenciesDeveloping the global competenciesof all university students is one ofof all university students is one of the most important educational the most important educational

imperatives of the 21imperatives of the 21stst century century.. But enlisting a But enlisting a

university’s central university’s central administration in that administration in that effort is a daunting effort is a daunting challenge for many challenge for many international international educators.educators.

Kennesaw State University’s Kennesaw State University’s Quality Enhancement Plan:Quality Enhancement Plan:

Global Learning forGlobal Learning for Engaged Citizenship Engaged Citizenship

Presidential and Presidential and Cabinet-led Cabinet-led Leadership is a Leadership is a Key to SuccessKey to Success

Panel IntroductionsPanel Introductions

First, a Conversation on 10 First, a Conversation on 10 Notable Leadership TacticsNotable Leadership Tactics

Please hold your Please hold your questions until questions until after the 10 after the 10 tactics are tactics are discussed by the discussed by the panelpanel

#1 Leveraging an Institution’s #1 Leveraging an Institution’s Interest in Reaccreditation to Interest in Reaccreditation to

Advance Global LearningAdvance Global Learning

Taking up where ACE’s Taking up where ACE’s Global Learning for All Global Learning for All Initiative left off in KSU’s Initiative left off in KSU’s plans to elevate global plans to elevate global learning campus-widelearning campus-wide

#2 Broadening the Definition of #2 Broadening the Definition of Expected Global CompetenciesExpected Global Competencies

Beyond the Traditional Focus on Beyond the Traditional Focus on Foreign Language and Study AbroadForeign Language and Study Abroad

Knowledgeable Global PerspectivesKnowledgeable Global Perspectives

Effective Intercultural Engagement Effective Intercultural Engagement SkillsSkills

Global Citizenship AttitudesGlobal Citizenship Attitudes

#3 Enlisting Active and #3 Enlisting Active and Committed Presidential Committed Presidential

LeadershipLeadership

A new signal A new signal caller entered caller entered the game in the the game in the fourth quarter, fourth quarter, and the QEP and the QEP team became a team became a winnerwinner

#4 Clarifying the Plan’s #4 Clarifying the Plan’s Purpose and Supporting GoalsPurpose and Supporting Goals

#5 Incorporating the QEP and #5 Incorporating the QEP and Global Learning into KSU’s Global Learning into KSU’s

Mission Statement andMission Statement and Strategic Plan Strategic Plan

#6 Assigning Each Member of #6 Assigning Each Member of the President’s Cabinet the President’s Cabinet

Oversight Responsibilities for Oversight Responsibilities for Achievement of Specific QEP Achievement of Specific QEP

GoalsGoals

As the evaluators observed, As the evaluators observed, these goal assignments made these goal assignments made the QEP’s success eveyone’s the QEP’s success eveyone’s businessbusiness

#7 Appointing a Global Learning #7 Appointing a Global Learning Coordinator in Every College and Coordinator in Every College and

the Student Success Divisionthe Student Success Division

#8 Creating a Comprehensive #8 Creating a Comprehensive and Detailed 5-Year Plan for and Detailed 5-Year Plan for

Achieving the QEP’sAchieving the QEP’s Purpose and Goals Purpose and Goals

The SACS guidelines for an The SACS guidelines for an acceptable QEP required a acceptable QEP required a highly systematic and highly systematic and comprehensive approach to comprehensive approach to planning, implementation and planning, implementation and assessment assessment

#9 Hiring a University #9 Hiring a University Administrator and International Administrator and International

Educator to Coordinate the Educator to Coordinate the QEP’s Campus-wide QEP’s Campus-wide

ImplementationImplementation

#10 Establishing the Global #10 Establishing the Global Learning Coordinating CouncilLearning Coordinating Council

To Sum Up…To Sum Up…

Leverage opportunities like Leverage opportunities like accreditation to build a accreditation to build a comprehensive plan for global comprehensive plan for global learning that commands learning that commands university-wide attentionuniversity-wide attention

Enlist active and committed Enlist active and committed presidential leadershippresidential leadership

AndAnd… …

Incorporate goals for global Incorporate goals for global learning into the institution’s learning into the institution’s vision, mission and strategic plan vision, mission and strategic plan and expect those goals to and expect those goals to receive Cabinet-led leadership receive Cabinet-led leadership and facilitation and facilitation

And Finally…And Finally…

Expand and coordinate Expand and coordinate centralized and decentralized centralized and decentralized administrative leadership for the administrative leadership for the elevation of global learning elevation of global learning across all educational divisions, across all educational divisions, within and beyond the within and beyond the classroom, and in local as well as classroom, and in local as well as international settingsinternational settings

THANK YOU!THANK YOU!

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