session 7 (16.20-17.10) roundtable: academic...

MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Session 7 (16.20-17.10)

ROUNDTABLE: Academic Leaders Experience Sharing

(on International Cooperation)


Turkey @ a Glance

TURKEY

Turkey is atranscontinental countryin Eurasia, mainly inAnatolia in Western Asia,with a smaller portion onthe Balkan peninsula inSoutheast Europe.

It is an attractivedestination that

connect the EASTand the WEST

EuropeE

andAsia.

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ISTANBUL

EPHESUS

CAPPADOCIA

PAMUKKALE

ANTALYA

TURKEYThe country is encircled by seas on three sides: the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea and the

Mediterranean Sea. Its diverse cultural heritage, famous food, vast history and populardestinations like Istanbul with its Byzantine and Ottoman sights, Ephesus, Cappadocia,Pamukkale, Antalya, etc. attract all who visit here.

Turkey @ a Glance


Ankara

Located right in the center of the country and theAnatolia region, Ankara is an importanttransportation hub, linking travelers to other majordestinations in Turkey.



Ankara @ a Glance

Dr. Hale Işık-Güler

• faculty member at the Department of Foreign Language Education, METU.

• holds a PhD in Foreign Language Education with a specialization on Socio-pragmatics.

• apart from METU, she has taught at Mercyhurst University (USA) as a Fulbright FLTA fellow and worked at the University of Warwick (UK), Center for Applied Linguistics as a post-doctoral researcher.

• As a linguist, she works within the fields of cross-cultural pragmatics and intercultural communication, Corpus Linguistics, and (Critical) Discourse Analysis.

I am currently the Advisor to the Rector for International Engagement & Collaborations at Middle East Technical University (METU). I

• manage the institutional internationalization strategy of the university

• oversees the International Cooperations Office as the Erasmus+ Institutional Coordinator responsible for the incoming and outgoing mobility of students and staff.

• International Dual Degree Programs Campus Coordinator (such as SUNY-METU joint programs) oversees the Directorate of Cultural Affairs and the Scholarships Office,

• works with the Confucius Institute at METU.

All one and the same?

Academic Leadership in…

• International Collaboration

• International Cooperation

• Internationalization

• International Relations

Why do we want …“International Cooperation?

Internationalization”?

• Belief: “Internationalization constitutes a source of competitive advantage for HEIs”

• Reasons: – The Institution>>Higher Education Rankings/Benchmarking – Campus Life>>Multicultural life; Diversity (Internationalization at

home)– The Individual (Student/Alumni) >>Global Skills/Employability– Research>>Networking, Access to competitive international funds– The curriculum/programs >> internationalise the curriculum;

creating and international context for subjects

Jane Knight’s definition is most widely used: describes IoHE as “the process of integrating an international, intercultural or global dimension into the purpose, functions or delivery of post-secondary education (and research)”.

• However, the term has also been (ab)used by higher education institutions (HEIs) for their own purposes.

• We often see how IoHE is considered a goal in itself, rather than a means to enhance the quality of education and research.

• Often, there is an over-focus on quantitative outputs: how many students, agreements, flows, how many places gained in the rankings and so on.


1

MAIN CAMPUS ANKARA

(founded in 1956)

2

ERDEMLİ CAMPUS MERSİN

(founded in 1975)

3

NORTHERN CYPRUS KALKANLI

(founded in 2000)

METU has threecampuses

METU @ a Glance


2.600 including research staff

1.250 Full-time teaching faculty members

Offering 42 undergraduate programs

5 Faculties

5 Graduate Institutes

28 Research Centers

21.000+ Undergraduate

8.500+ Graduate

30.000 Students

METU in numbers

Offering 169 graduate degrees (41 of which are interdisciplinary)

• Approximately 2,300 international degree students at Ankara and Cyprus campuses; in addition

500+ outgoing and 450+ incoming students,students,

120+ outgoing and 140+ incoming staff

• High degree of participation in Exchange and Erasmus+ programs with 759+ agreements with a wide range of international universities in various subjects worldwide


Computer Education and InstructionalTechnology, Educational Sciences, Elementary Education, ForeignLanguage Education, Physical Educationand SportsSecondary Science & Math. Education, English Language Teaching (METU-SUNY)

Education (6+1)

Business Administration, Economics, International Relations, Political Science and Public Administration, Bussiness Administration (METU-SUNY Binghamton), Global andInternational Affairs (METU-SUNY Binghamton)

Economics and Administrative Sciences (4+2)

Biology, Chemistry, History, Mathematics, Molecular Biology andGenetics, Philosophy, Psychology, Physics, Sociology, Statistics

Arts and Sciences (10)

Aerospace Engineering, ChemicalEngineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electricaland Electronics Engineering, Environmental Engineering, FoodEngineering, GeologicalEngineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical EngineeringMetallurgical and MaterialsEngineeringMining Engineering, Petroleum andNatural Gas Engineering

Engineering (13)

Architecture City and Regional Planning Industrial Design

Architecture (3)Undergraduate Programs (4”)


Graduate Education

Institute of

Natural and

Applied Sciences

Institute of Social

Sciences

Institute of

Informatics

Institute of

Applied

Mathematics

Institute of

Marine Sciences

President –Prof. Mustafa Verşan KökVice President - Prof. Dr. Meliha Altunışık -Academic Affairs (Personnel) &Legal AffairsVice President - Prof. Dr. F. Dilek SANİN –Student Affairs; Advancement of LearningVice President - Prof. Dr. Gülser KÖKSAL –Strategic Planning and ITAdvisor to the President - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yozgatlıgil (Research; Research Centers)Advisor to the President - Assist. Prof. Dr. Hale Işık Güler (International Collaborations and Cultural Affairs)Vice President - Prof. Dr. Mehmet T. Zeyrek – Budgeting and FinanceSecretary General (Acting) - Prof. Dr. Türker Özkan –Logistics and Services/Administrative PersonnelVice Advisor to the President - Prof. Dr. Oğuzhan Hasançebi –Building and RenovationAdvisor to the President - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bahar Gedikli (Spatial Planning)Advisor to the President - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Y. Eren Kalay (Public Relations & Promotion & Media)Advisor to the President - Prof. Dr. Nazife Baykal (Norhern Cyprus Campus)

Dean, Faculty of Arts & Sciences - Prof. Dr. Ahmet OralDean, Faculty of Engineering - Prof.Dr. Raif Tuna BalkanDean, Faculty of Architecture - Prof.Dr. Güven Arif SargınDean, Faculty of Economic & Administrative Sciences - Prof. Dr. Özlem ÖzdemirDean, Faculty of Education - Prof. Dr. Özgül YILMAZ TÜZÜNDirector, Graduate School of Social Sciences - Prof.Dr. Tülin GençözDirector, Graduate School of Informatics - Prof. Dr. Deniz Zeyrek BozşahinDirector, Graduate School of Applied Mathematics - Prof. Dr. Bülent KarasözenDirector, Graduate School of Marine Sciences - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış SALİHOĞLUDirector, Graduate School of Natural & Applied Sciences - Prof. Dr. M. Gülbin Dural ÜnverDirector, Vocational School of Higher Education - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet YozgatlıgilDirector, School of Foreign Languages - Instr. Özlem Atalay

Academic Governance and Leadership at METU

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What exactly should we understand by "International Cooperation"?

What does it entail?

“Academic Leadership” at universities = “Decision-making”

What types of Informed-Decisionsneed to be taken byUniversity AcademicLeaders?

BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS-1

• Strategic Planning: Higher-order institutional Strategies for IC

• Organizational strategies for governance and process management for IC:– optimality in structures,

– workforce in International offices,

– financial resources, support services,

– bilingual service staff,

– cutting down on paperwork,

– Departmental Internationalization Coordinators

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION at universities involve (issues and concerns) related to:


• IC Networking: Strategic alliances and international university organizations and selection of partners

• Ranking systems and elements of IC that are regarded as "must have" (Joint project applications and Joint publication with international partners),

• International visibility of the institution (i.e. managing promotional activities; taking part in international expo’s such as APAIE, NAFSA, EAIE, etc.)

• International Human Resourcing: Employment of International staff (faculty, post docs, graduate scholarships, etc.); what platforms to advertise job vacancies?

• Recruitment of International Students (Higher quality versus higher number)

• Planning and Implementation of Mobility Flows: Student and Staff Exchange (via Erasmus, sabbaticals, etc.)

• Fostering Global Skills for employability; increasing the number of local students doing study abroad.

• Conducive home environment to internationalization, i.e. "internationalisation at home"? Are foreign students and staff mingling?


• Acquisition of Intercultural Competencies (of staff, students, before, during and after international experiences); Systematic activities to foster these skills in members

• Joint education programs with global partners: joint degrees, joint online courses (e.g. COIL), joint summer schools

• The number of Courses in the Lingua Franca (English): Is the university English-Medium? To what degree?

• International Curriculum and Outlook in each and every course offered

• …


Strategic Organizational Planning:e.g. “METU Global” 2018-2022

Center for Global Engagement

Logistics & Services

Finance

Accomodation

Orientation

Scholarships

Online Services

Global Outreach

Programs &

Projects

Exchange Programs

(Erasmus+, etc.)

Outgoing Mobility

Student

Outgoing

Academic Staff

Outgoing

Administrative

Staff

Erasmus+ Research

Project

Opportunities

International Incoming Students

Degree-Seeking

Students

Incoming Mobility

Students

International Degree Programs

METU-SUNY Dual Degree Programs

Joint Graduate

Degree protocols

and Programs

International Careers

International graduate degree

opportunities

Internships abroad

International Promotion

Delegations

Partnerships

International fairs

International Staff

Members

Full-time

International

Faculty members

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Visiting Scholars

(Fulbright, etc.)

Incoming Faculty

Mobility Grantees

Incoming

Administrative

Staff

How is the Organizational Structuring of Services at your

University?

EU FLAGSHIP INITIATIVES

Outcomes of the 3rd EU-China Innovation Co-

operation Dialogue that took place on 2 June

2017 as one of the key events of the 19th EU-

China Summit, co-chaired by Carlos Moedas,

Commissioner for Research, Science and

Innovation, and

• Wan Gang, China's Minister of Science and

Technology. “The European Union and China will boost their

research and innovation cooperation with a new

package of flagship initiatives targeting the areas of

Food, Agriculture and Biotechnologies,

Environment and Sustainable Urbanisation, Surface

Transport, Safer and Greener aviation, and

Biotechnologies for Environment and Human

Health.”

BILATERAL AGREEMENTS &

Strategic Project Partnerships

& Selection of University

PartnersAre the processes “Top down” or “Bottom up” or both?

Is there a flow (feed) from -Education partnerships to Research-Research partnerships to Education and vice versa?

How does you institution support Intercultural skills needed for building Partnerships?

What responsibilites do offices have? 1.) International Cooperation Office (ICO) 2.) Project Support Office (PSO) “Professor Helen Spencer Oatey, University of Warwick (Center for Applied Linguistics)”

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/globalpeople/

Working across cultures:Prospects and

Challenges?

Current benchmarking of/parameters for

internationalization: “exclusively structural in nature”

“International Outlook” (staff, students, research): 7.5%

• The international outlook indicator

considers each institution’s

proportion of international staff,

proportion of international students

and proportion of research papers

published with at least one co-

author from another country.

1) International-to-domestic-student ratio: 2.5%

2) International-to-domestic-staff ratio: 2.5%

The ability of a university to attract undergraduates, postgraduates and faculty from all over the planet is key to its success on the world stage.3) International collaboration: 2.5%

In the third international indicator, we calculate the proportion of a university’s total research journal publications that have at least one international co-author and reward higher volumes. This indicator is normalised to account for a university’s subject mix and uses the same five-year window as the “Citations: research influence” category.

• In QS, universities continue to be evaluated according to the following six metrics:

• 1. Academic Reputation (40%)

• 2. Employer Reputation (10%)

• 3. Faculty/Student Ratio (20%)

• 4. Citations per faculty (20%)

• 5. International Faculty Ratio (5%)

• 6. International Student Ratio (5%)

The QS Stars rating for internationalization is derived from seven criteria:• Institution research collaborations (50

points)• International faculty (20 points)• International students (20 points)• International student support – religious

facilities (10 points)• Inbound exchange students (20 points)• Outbound exchange students (20 points)• International diversity (10 points)

Structural/NumericalInternational Cooperation

• Very common in HEI Strategic Plans

• University of Stirling, according to QS has 5 stars on Internationalization/ International Collaborations.

• This quote from their 2014-2019 Strategic Plan:

o To grow international student numbers

by 30% during the life of this strategy, with a focus on diversification across programmes and across nationalities.

o To increase undergraduate student

participation in international

exchanges from 4% to 15% of the undergraduate population through developing distinctive programmes and curricula and extending the number and range of overseas exchanges available.

What is more important?

“Cultural Openness”Community Building

Spencer-Oatey (2012)

“Global Skills for Employability”

22.11.2017

“Functional Outcomes” rather than “Structural”

Contd: ‘Global skills’ required by employers, according to recent reports

22.11.2017

Questions for Thought…

• ADJUSTING to CHANGE: For 2020+ what will constitute internationalization? (number of international associations?)

• What could be standard Indicators for Internationalization (Joint publications?; campus integration?)?

• Can indicators be something other than numbers?– …

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METU Partners Worldwide

759 agreements

with 82 countries

QUANTITY versus QUALITY ISSUE:

• How active are these agreements?

• What outcomes have been achieved?

• Which partnerships have fallen short of expectations?

• What is the Academic Leader’s Criteria for termination/initiation of agreements?

NEW:Big DATA: METU “Global Engagement Portal”

What data should

the Academic

Leader look at?

“What Does the

Data say?”

E.g. According to

Citation Impact of

Publications,

which areas/fields

to Collaborate with

with China

For a policy roadmap:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/policy/cn_roadmap_2017.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none

Mobility/Exchange FUNDING Opportunities for students and staff

[email protected] Dr. Hale IŞIK GÜLER Advisor to the President for International Relations & Collaborations

5th LEAD Workshop @ METU, Ankara, Turkey( 2-4 May 2018)

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