KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLAN FOR INTERNATIONALIZATION

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1 INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVES MAKING INTERNATIONALIZATION MATTER KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLAN FOR INTERNATIONALIZATION DEVELOPED BY THE KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY COMMITTEE ON GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT Dr. Lance R. Askildsn (Ex-Offici Chair) Institute fr Glbal Initiatives Dr. Sandra Bryan (Faculty Liaisn) Bagwell Cllege f Educatin Dr. Pamila Dembla (Faculty Liaisn) Cles Cllege f Business Ms. Dawyn Dumas (Ex-Offici Staff) Divisin f Student Services Dr. Karen Rbinsn (Faculty Liaisn) Cllege f the Arts Dr. Jun Ji (Faculty Liaisn) Cllege f Science & Mathematics Dr. Daniel Paracka (Ex-Offici Faculty) Institute fr Glbal Initiatives Dr. Ardith Peters (Faculty Liaisn) Wellstar Cllege f Health & Human Services Dr. Terry Pwis (Faculty Liaisn) Cllege f Humanities & Scial Sciences Dr. Tm Pusateri (Faculty Liaisn) Center fr Excellence in Teaching & Learning Mr. David Schmidt (Faculty Liaisn) University Cllege Ms. Iynka Strawn-Valcy (Ex-Offici Staff) Institute fr Glbal Initiatives

2 INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVES MAKING INTERNATIONALIZATION MATTER KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY STRATEGIC PLAN FOR INTERNATIONALIZATION Internatinal Visin Statement Kennesaw State University will be an internatinally prminent leader in innvative glbal engagement. Internatinal Missin Statement Kennesaw State University is cmmitted t develping internatinal, intercultural, and interdisciplinary cmpetencies. The university sustains these cmpetencies thrugh innvative curriculum, partnerships, research, creative activity, and cmmunity engagement. Preamble t the Strategic Plan The Strategic Plan fr Internatinalizatin was develped by the Faculty Cmmittee fr Glbal Engagement t priritize selective investment in high-impact areas f internatinalizatin. This plan is intended t fcus internatinalizatin activity at Kennesaw State University by prmting deliberate and strategic decisin-making amng all institutinal stakehlders. It prvides a set f thematic gals and measurable bjectives fr advancing the internatinal visin and missin f Kennesaw State University via dcumented utcmes and benchmarks. The Strategic Plan fr Internatinalizatin is intended t guide internatinalizatin activity fr the entire Kennesaw State University cmmunity and therefre builds directly upn the brader gals and bjectives f the Kennesaw State University Strategic Plan. While the Institute fr Glbal Initiatives plays an imprtant leadership rle in implementing the Strategic Plan fr Internatinalizatin, it als supprts and shares this leadership rle fr internatinalizatin with the academic clleges, departments and related internatinal ffices at Kennesaw State University. The Strategic Plan fr Internatinalizatin is intended t guide internatinal initiatives abrad, but it is als intended t increase lcal pprtunities fr glbal engagement n the Kennesaw State University campus and thrughut the State f Gergia. Indeed, the plan cnceives f internatinalizatin and multiculturalism as tw sides f the same cin and aims t prmte these perspectives thrugh bth lcal and glbal pprtunities fr teaching, learning, schlarship and service. Page 1 f 10

3 GOAL 1: EDUCATION ABROAD & EXCHANGE Prvide innvatin and leadership in educatin abrad t increase student participatin thrugh imprved prgram quality, variety, credentialing and pprtunities fr multicultural learning. (Crrespnds t KSU Gals 1 and 2) Objective 1: Increase the number and disciplinary variety f students participating in educatin abrad prgrams verall (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 4, Objective 2 and 3) Metric 1: Number and disciplinary variety f students participating in educatin abrad prgrams Metric 2: Rankings by the Institute fr Internatinal Educatin fr the number and nature f students wh participate in credit-bearing study abrad prgrams each year Metric 3: Ttal funding allcated fr educatin abrad prgramming Metric 4: Average cst per student per prgram fr each frmat f educatin abrad prgramming Metric 5: Number and academic prfiles f students participating in educatin abrad prgrams within each cllege Example Initiative(s): Develping targeted advertising/prmtin f educatin abrad pprtunities fr students enrlled in Clleges with lw levels f educatin abrad participatin; increasing the number and variety f lw-cst ptins fr educatin abrad pprtunities. Objective 2: Increase the variety f educatin abrad and exchange prgrams t include mre internatinal internships/practicums, cmmunity learning pprtunities and alternatives t faculty-led prgram frmats in rder t facilitate multicultural learning. (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 1, Objective 2 and Gal 2, Objective 4) Metric 1: Number f new internship, service-learning and nn-faculty-led prgrams, respectively Metric 2: Evaluatins f student learning in different educatin abrad prgram frmats Metric 3: Institutinal peer review and/r feedback n the variety and frmats f educatin abrad prgramming Example Initiative(s): Wrking with Atlanta-based internatinal NGO s t develp pprtunities fr individual and/r small chrts f students t engage in directed study and/r internships under the supervisin f lcal NGO staff abrad. Objective 3: Imprve quality f educatin abrad by develping frmal assessment and evaluatin mechanisms alngside recmmendatins fr imprving utcmes. (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 2, Objective 3 and 4) Page 2 f 10

4 Metric 1: Faculty Review Cmmittee evaluatins f prgram quality during prgram apprval prcess Metric 2: Feedback n verall prgram quality and academic learning utcmes specifically Metric 3: Faculty Review Cmmittee evaluatins f educatin abrad prgram quality Example Initiative(s): Develping an independent nline survey t administer t students, faculty and internatinal partners after every educatin abrad prgram; Gathering and evaluating curse materials prduced by students during educatin abrad. Objective 4: Supprt targeted and sustainable internatinal partnerships and exchanges that advance educatin abrad prgram pprtunities and frmats accrding t student needs (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 3, Objective 1 and 3) Metric 1: Number and nature f active and sustainable internatinal partnership agreements that supprt educatin abrad prgramming Metric 2: Evaluative feedback n internatinal partnerships fr educatin abrad Example Initiative(s): Leveraging internatinal partnerships such as Ska University in Japan and the Kfi Annan Center in Ghana t develp new educatin abrad frmats in which lcal faculty at these internatinal partner institutins lead prgrams fr KSU students n behalf f KSU and/r in cperatin with KSU faculty. Objective 5: Increase the number and disciplinary variety f student applicants and recipients f Glbal Engagement Certificatin (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 4, Objective 2 and 3) Metric 1: Number and prfiles f students applying fr and receiving Glbal Engagement Certificatin Metric 2: Number and prfiles f students wh have cmpleted the educatin abrad requirement fr Glbal Engagement Certificatin but wh have nt pursued certificatin Example Initiative(s): Wrking directly with deans and department chairs especially in lw-applicant clleges t prmte Glbal Engagement Certificatin generally and alternative paths t Glbal Engagement Certificatin via lcal cmmunity engagement specifically. GOAL 2: INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & COLLABORATION Prvide innvatin and leadership t supprt internatinal research, schlarly and creative activity thrugh targeted and sustainable internatinal partnerships and cllabratins. (Crrespnds t KSU Gals 1 and 3) Objective 1: Facilitate targeted and sustainable internatinal partnerships and cllabratins that advance faculty and student research, schlarly and creative activity in significant ways. (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 1, Objective 2) Page 3 f 10

5 Metric 1: Ttal number and length f active and sustainable internatinal partnership agreements that supprt faculty, graduate student and undergraduate student research, schlarly and creative activity, respectively Metric 2: Number and prfiles f faculty and students engaged in internatinal partnerships r cllabratins that advance their research, schlarly and creative activity Metric 3: Ttal number and prfiles f internatinal visiting schlars wh engage in research, schlarly and creative activity with lcal faculty at Kennesaw State University Metric 4: Ttal amunt f internal funding in direct supprt f internatinal partnerships that advance research, schlarly and creative activity Metric 5: Ttal number and nature f grants and external funding dllars in direct supprt f internatinal partnerships that advance research, schlarly and creative activity Example Initiative(s): Applying fr grant seed funding t leverage KSU s internatinal partnership with the University f Liberia and lcal NGO s t develp pprtunities fr faculty and graduate students t cnduct training and field research in internatinal cnflict management, nursing and research methdlgy. Objective 2: Prmte lcal faculty and student research, schlarly and creative activity that is internatinal in fcus, design r scpe (Crrespnds t Gal 1, Objective 2 and 3, Gal 5, Objective 3) Metric 1: Number and prfiles f faculty wh tag their research, schlarly and creative activity as Glbal Engagement within the Digital Measures prtfli system Metric 2: Feedback n institutinal supprt fr internatinal research, schlarly and creative activity Metric 3: Ttal amunt f internal funding in direct supprt f internatinal research, schlarly and creative activity Metric 4: Number and nature f grants and external funding dllars in direct supprt f internatinal research, schlarly and creative activity Example Initiative(s): Crdinating and implementing grant funding prpsals in supprt f internatinal research and schlarly initiatives via the new Grant Strategy Specialist within the Institute fr Glbal Initiatives. Objective 3: Supprt faculty and student research, schlarly and creative activity that significantly cntributes t the internatinalizatin f the lcal Kennesaw State University cmmunity (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 5, Objective 3) Metric 1: Number and significance f KSU publicatins and creative wrk in direct supprt f internal internatinalizatin effrts Page 4 f 10

6 Metric 2: Ttal amunt f internal funding in direct supprt f internatinal research, schlarly and creative activity that cntributes directly t the internatinalizatin f the lcal Kennesaw State University cmmunity Metric 3: Number and nature f grants and external funding dllars in direct supprt f internatinal research, schlarly and creative activity that cntributes directly t the internatinalizatin f the lcal Kennesaw State University cmmunity Example Initiative(s): Offering targeted grant funding via the Strategic Internatinalizatin Grants (SIG) Initiative t supprt internatinal research cnferences, perfrmances and research prjects amng faculty and students. GOAL 3: INTERNATIONALIZING THE CURRICULUM Prvide innvatin and leadership in the prmtin f internatinal, intercultural and interdisciplinary cmpetency within academic curricula. (Crrespnds t KSU Gals 1, 2 and 4) Objective 1: Develp internatinally fcused instructinal materials, cursewrk and/r degree prgrams t supprt internatinal, intercultural and interdisciplinary cmpetency within all clleges at Kennesaw State University (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 2, Objective 3 and Gal 4, Objective 3) Metric 1: Number and impact f educatinal materials develped thrugh new and existing internatinalizatin initiatives (Year f the Cuntry Prgram, CAADS, Educatin Abrad curse material and pre-/pst-study cntent, etc.) Metric 2: Number and impact f new curses r degree prgrams emphasizing specific internatinal, intercultural and interdisciplinary cmpetencies Metric 3: Number and nature f students and prgrams impacted by internatinally fcused instructinal materials and/r cursewrk Metric 4: Intercultural sensitivity gains demnstrated by students thrugh instruments such as the Glbal Perspectives Inventry, Intercultural Develpment Index, etc. Example Initiative(s): Develping pre-departure cursewrk fr students preparing t study abrad; develping instructinal materials fcused n intercultural cmpetency and area studies (e.g. Year f lectures, Teaching Africa wrkshp, etc.) t be integrated int a wide array f cursewrk. Objective 2: Facilitate educatinal lectures, wrkshps and discussins fr students, faculty and staff when Kennesaw State University hsts distinguished internatinal visitrs. (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 3, Objective 1, 2, 3 and 4) Metric 1: Number and nature f internatinal visitrs (schlars, diplmats, public figures, etc.) and crrespnding pprtunities fr students and faculty t interact with these visitrs Page 5 f 10

7 Metric 2: Number f students, faculty and staff wh participate in internatinal visitr engagement pprtunities Metric 3: Feedback n impact f these visits and educatinal activities fr students, faculty and brader university cmmunity Metric 4: Feedback frm internatinal visitrs n the impact f their educatinal activities Example Initiative(s): Develping the Internatinal Visitrs Bureau within the Institute fr Glbal Initiatives t facilitate brad access t distinguished internatinal visitrs t campus thrugh a standardized prcess. Objective 3: Prmte Kennesaw State University s internatinal faculty and students as valuable cntributrs t the internatinalizatin f the campus curriculum thrugh classrm and ccurricular discussins. Metric 1: Feedback frm internatinal students and faculty n campus climate and curricular engagement in internatinal discussins Metric 2: Feedback frm dmestic student bdy n attitudes twards internatinal faculty and students cntributins t campus internatinalizatin Metric 3: Number and disciplinary nature f internatinal faculty and students participating in c-curricular internatinalizatin activities/events each year Example Initiative(s): Develping a wrkshp t help internatinal faculty t effectively incrprate their wn multicultural, multinatinal and/r multilingual perspectives int their teaching and facilitatin f student discussins. GOAL 4: GLOBAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Prvide innvatin and leadership t increase multicultural, multinatinal and multilingual engagement thrugh increased pprtunities fr glbal-t-lcal and lcal-t-glbal cmmunity engagement (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 3) Objective 1: Supprt reciprcal and meaningful cmmunity engagement and/r service-learning pprtunities as a cmpnent f all study abrad prgrams and technlgy-mediated cultural exchanges, as apprpriate. (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 3, Objective 1 and 3) Metric 1: Number and nature f educatin abrad prgrams with an explicit cmmunity engagement cmpnent Metric 2: Number and prfiles f students participating in educatin abrad prgrams with an explicit cmmunity engagement cmpnent Metric 3: Feedback and impact analysis frm students, faculty and cmmunity partners Page 6 f 10

8 Metric 4: Number and prfiles f participants in technlgy-mediated cmmunity engagement and exchange (e.g. Sliya) Example Initiative(s): Creating a template and resurce materials t help faculty and prgram administratrs t develp meaningful and equitable pprtunities fr cmmunity engagement and service learning during educatin abrad prgrams. Objective 2: Supprt cmmunity engagement with lcal internatinal cmmunity rganizatins as an alternative path t educatin abrad fr Glbal Engagement Certificatin. (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 3, Objective 4) Metric 1: Changes made t the Glbal Engagement Certificatin criteria Metric 2: Number and prfiles f students wh take advantage f the alternative cmmunity engagement path t Glbal Engagement Certificatin Metric 3: Feedback and impact analysis frm students and lcal cmmunity partners Example Initiative(s): Wrking cllabratively with the Engaged KSU Initiative t cultivate a list f cntacts and structured pprtunities fr students t engage in servicelearning with lcal internatinal cmmunity rganizatins. Objective 3: Prmte cmmunity utreach t share Kennesaw State University s glballyfcused learning activities t the lcal cmmunity (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 3, Objective 1) Metric 1: Number and prfiles f external attendees/participants at internatinal wrkshps, lectures, prgrams and events (e.g. Year f lectures/events, CAADS wrkshps, etc.) Metric 2: Number and nature f internatinal events/activities that prvide explicit utreach t lcal cmmunity stakehlders Metric 3: Feedback and impact analysis frm students and lcal cmmunity partners Example Initiative(s): Hsting annualized events with the Year f prgram that specifically target members f the lcal cmmunity Objective 4: Increase interactin and cllabratin with the Atlanta cnsular crps and lcal internatinal business cntacts (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 3, Objective 1) Metric 1: Number and nature f visits by cnsuls general and cnsular staff t the KSU campus each year Metric 2: Number and nature f KSU spnsred internatinal visits/events invlving members the Atlanta cnsular crps and lcal internatinal business cntacts Example Initiative(s): Engaging cnsuls general and lcal internatinal businesses in the annual Year f the Cuntry prgram; partnering with the Atlanta cnsular crps r Page 7 f 10

9 members f the internatinal business cmmunity t ffer jint-prgrams fr cmmunity utreach and engagement GOAL 5: INTERNATIONAL STUDENT RECRUITMENT & SUPPORT Prvide innvatin and leadership t increase recruitment, exchange and supprt fr internatinal students befre, during and after matriculatin. (Crrespnds t KSU Gals 2 and 4) Objective 1: Supprt strategically targeted internatinal student recruitment in clse cllabratin with cllege deans and the Office f Enrllment Services (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 4, Objective 3) Metric 1: Ttal number and prfiles f internatinal students recruited each year Metric 2: Number and nature f articulated agreements fr internatinal student matriculatin (2+2 agreements) and Number and nature f participating students Metric 3: Feedback frm pre- and pst-matriculatin internatinal students Example Initiative(s): Develping a internatinal student recruitment website and prmtinal vide in cnsultatin with Enrllment Services; cst-share funding fr internatinal recruitment trips t targeted cuntries and student demgraphics. Objective 2: Prmte academic and acculturatin supprt fr internatinal students befre, during and after matriculatin (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 2, Objectives 3 and 4) Metric 1: Feedback frm pre- and pst-matriculatin internatinal students and their faculty Metric 2: Ttal funding allcated t internatinal student academic and cultural supprt Metric 3: Number and prfiles f internatinal students participating in targeted supprt prgrams, activities r events (e.g. intl student tutring, intl student clubs, ESL wrkshps, etc.) Example Initiative(s): Develping an academic bridge prgram fr students in the Intensive English Prgram and/r the Cntinued Educatin ESL Prgram t successfully transitin int matriculated cursewrk at KSU Objective 3: Supprt crdinatin amng Kennesaw State University ffices that are directly invlved in internatinal student recruitment and/r supprt (Glbal Admissins, Intensive English Prgram, ESL Study Center, Intl Student Retentin Services, etc.) (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 2, Objective 3 and Gal 4, Objective 1) Metric 1: External review f rganizatinal structures in supprt f internatinal student recruitment and supprt Page 8 f 10

10 Metric 2: Feedback frm internatinal students and internatinal student stakehlders in relevant ffices Metric 3: Organizatinal changes made t imprve crdinatin amng these ffices Metric 4: Number and time allcatin f internatinal students invlved in lcal cmmunity service activities Example Initiative(s): Develping a mre chesive internatinal student supprt task frce/ffice t crdinate all internatinal student initiatives acrss campus GOAL 6: STRATEGIC PROFILE RAISING Prvide innvatin and leadership t increase the internatinal prfile f Kennesaw State University by recgnizing and prmting internatinal accmplishments and cultivating new resurces t sustain future campus internatinalizatin activities. (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 3) Objective 1: Supprt prfile raising initiatives/events that directly advance ne r mre ther strategic pririties fr campus internatinalizatin and build upn existing prgrams with a reputatin fr distinctin and excellence (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 3, Objective 2) Metric 1: Number and nature f public events and assciated media cverage annually Metric 2: Feedback frm participants at public events Metric 3: Impact measures (e.g. increases in web traffic, inquiries, enrllment, etc.) fr relevant prgrams/initiatives and the university as a whle Metric 4: Feedback frm institutinal peers t assess prfile raising impact in targeted (prgrammatic) areas Example Initiative(s): Develping and hsting a public cnference (n r ff-campus) n an area f academic excellence fr KSU, such as STEM Educatin. Objective 2: Apprpriately recgnize and supprt student, faculty and staff accmplishments that advance the Kennesaw State University strategic plan fr internatinalizatin (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 3, Objective 4) Metric 1: Number and nature f frmal recgnitins f KSU faculty, staff and students each year Metric 2: Number and nature f public recgnitins (via public frums, print r digital media) f KSU faculty, staff and/r students each year Metric 3: Feedback frm the campus cmmunity Example Initiative(s): Creating an annual awards event t frmally recgnize internatinal activity and cntributins t the strategic plan fr internatinalizatin by KSU faculty, staff and students. Page 9 f 10

11 GOAL 7: ACCOUNTABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY Prvide innvatin and leadership t ensure accuntability and tracking f current internatinalizatin activities while entrepreneurially cultivating new resurces t sustain future campus internatinalizatin activities. (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 5) Objective 1: Develp new and additinal internal cntrls t ensure that resurces fr internatinalizatin are allcated in a transparent and strategically impactful manner. (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 5, Objective 2) Metric 1: Return n investment analysis/rati fr allcatin f financial resurces Metric 2: Audit f internal fiscal cntrls fr funding f internatinalizatin activities Metric 3: Feedback frm faculty stakehlders n the prcess and prtcls intended t ensure transparency and strategic impact fr resurce allcatins Example Initiative(s): Publishing an annual accunt f internatinalizatin resurce allcatins and utcmes in the Institute fr Glbal Initiatives Annual Reprt t prvide greater transparency and evidence f impact Objective 2: Develp new metrics and data cllectin tls t track, assess and evaluate the utcmes assciated with individual internatinalizatin activities. (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 5, Objective 2) Metric 1: Number and scpe f metrics t mnitr quality assurance and impact f internatinalizatin activities Metric 2: Feedback frm campus cmmunity n impact and quality assurance measures Example Initiative(s): Cnducting annual r bi-annual assessment and evaluatin f lngitudinal internatinalizatin initiatives t infrm decisin making as it relates t future activities and/r resurce allcatins Objective 3: Cultivate new fiscal mdels fr sustaining existing and future internatinal activity that directly advance ne r mre ther strategic pririties fr campus internatinalizatin (Crrespnds t KSU Gal 5, Objective 3) Metric 1: Ttal amunt f external funding raised fr internatinalizatin activities Metric 2: Feedback frm external advisry bard n external fundraising Example Initiative(s): Develping a summer prgram t hst internatinal students at KSU t raise funds t subsidize internatinal prgramming fr KSU students. Page 10 f 10