INTERNATIONALIZING NORTH ISLAND COLLEGE. INTERNATIONALIZATION What is it? Why internationalize? What is NIC doing?

INTERNATIONALIZING INTERNATIONALIZING NORTH ISLAND COLLEGENORTH ISLAND COLLEGE

INTERNATIONALIZATION


What is it?

Why internationalize?

What is NIC doing?


What is INTERNATIONALIZATION?


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


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


Approaches to Internationalization

Activities – e.g. international students, exchanges, curriculum development

Competencies – new skills, knowledge, attitudes and values


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


Defining Internationalization

What are the common elements in these four definitions of internationalization?

BCCIE handout 2B-2


What makes internationalization successful?

1. Leadership2. Infusion3. Faculty involvement and support



4. Curriculum

5. Strategic Planning and Evaluation

6. ResourcesFrancis 1993


WHY INTERNATIONALIZE?


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.


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


Internationalization – four rationales

Economic Socio-cultural Academic Political


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


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


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


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


An education system that prepares student to live and work in an international and multicultural society is essential to our future.

BCCIE


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?”


International Learning Competencies

• Language and communication skills

• Ability to adapt to cultural environment



• Confidence in speaking about issues that impact Canada

• Relate these issues to their historical context and global trends and concerns



• Understand Canadian and world history, geography, social, religious and political structures as well as current events

• Ability to value individual and cultural differences



• Willingness to risk being a stranger, to learn about other cultures and adapt to them

• Cope with stressful situations and develop emotional resilience


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


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


WHAT'S HAPPENING AT NIC?


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


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


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


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


NIC’s Rationale for Internationalization

Combination of academic, economic and socio- cultural



•Leadership•Infusion•Faculty involvement and support•Curriculum•Strategic Planning and Evaluation•Resources


What’s NIC doing now?

•Presidential and Board support

•Business plan implementation

•Policy development

•Build understanding of internationalization

•Integration of services


What’s NIC doing now?

•Marketing and recruitment

•ESL program development

•Overseas contracts

•Community Liaison

•Partnerships


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


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


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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