Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference • March 19-21, 2009 • Washington, D.C.

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Hye-Shin Kim, PhDDepartment of Fashion and Apparel Studies

The Fashion International Business Education Response (FIBER) project seeks to enhance international business education within the apparel design and fashion merchandising curricula at the University of Delaware and support the business community to engage in international business.

Project Director: Hye-Shin KimCo-Project Directors: Marsha Dickson and Sharron LennonProject Manager: George IrvineAssessment and Evaluation Specialist: Kathy Pusecker

Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Business and International Education Program, 2007-2009.

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Fashion International Business Education Learning Goals

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Courses proposed and revised with international learning goals

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FIBER Project Activity

Project Activity Achievements Criteria Data Collection Method Examples

Faculty Development, Research, and Travel Faculty DevelopmentFaculty Research, and Travel

Increase international business knowledge and expertise.

Disseminate knowledge to students, faculty, and businesses.

Conduct research on issues in the global apparel manufacturing and retailing industry.

Local and foreign partnerships with government, business and educational organizations.

Number of faculty trained. Number of faculty traveled. Quantity and quality activities. Effectiveness of development activities

to prepare faculty for educational and business outreach activities.

Number of international partners. Quality of international partnerships.

Pre/post faculty survey Faculty reports Survey administered to partners External evaluator report

International Curriculum and Student DevelopmentInternational Learning Module Study Abroad and Service Learning

Increase student knowledge in the five key countries.

Develop student skills to analyze an international bus. situation and develop effective strategies.

Prepare students to work within an international context.

Students become of aware of and address larger societal problems or needs.

Number of students and courses impacted the learning modules.

Ability of learning modules to satisfy international business learning in Exhibit 3.

Three study abroad and service learning programs offered.

Number of students who participated in study abroad and service learning programs.

Ability of study abroad and service learning programs to satisfy international business learning goals as outlined in Exhibit 3.

Creation of e-portfolio.

Pre/post CFIS student survey (see Appendix)

Student evaluation Student projects Service learning survey (see

Appendix) Faculty reports Industry partner feedback External evaluator report Rubric Scoring of e-portfolio Diversity Perspective Index Pre/post

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Apparel Manufacturing and Retailing Industry OutreachOn-line FIBER JournalOn-line FIBERcast

Facilitate internationalization of SME apparel businesses.

Provide current news and information related to international business.

Strengthen linkages with private-sector organizations or trade associations.

Number of attendees in the short course program.

Number of short course seminars offered.

Effective assistance to SME apparel firms and other professionals.

Number of members who subscribe to the FIBER Journal.

Effective collaboration with private-sector organizations and trade associations.

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journal and number of hits to website On-line survey administered to FIBER

Journal subscribers about usefulness and accessibility of information

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