USAEUROPE STUDENT AND TEACHER MOBILITY

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USA-EUROPE STUDENT AND TEACHER MOBILITY

• Workshop 5
• LLP Staff Training
• Anja Mäläskä

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US Partners

• History of cooperation
• Bilateral
• University wide / Faculty wide
• University of North Dakota
• Pittsburgh State University, Kansas
• Michigan Technological University
• University of Missouri, St. Louis
• Central Missouri State University
• East Carolina University
• Montana State University
• Washington College
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• State University of New York at Buffalo
• State University of New York at Albany
• Student exchange (mainly)

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US Partners

• ISEP
• (International Student Exchange Program)
• UNC-EP
• (University of North-Carolina Exchange Program)
• 16 campuses in NC
• Fulbright cooperation

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Administration

• Administration of the cooperation
• Departments accept the students
• (through the academic coordinators)
• - All other administration through our
  office
• - GOAL More administration to the faculty
  level

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Balance

• Balance issues
• Some programs work better than the others
• Marketing efforts
• Deeper cooperation
• Short/Summer/Winter programs
• Meetings at NAFSA and EAIE

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Cooperation requirements

• Cooperation requires
• A lot of work to keep the contacts alive
• Personal contacts
• (work is easier but in a way more demanding)
• Fee paid education time and money effective
  education

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Discussion

• What kind of good practises have you developed
  for EU-NA exchanges?
• What are the special requirements that NA
  students have?
• Are you looking for deeper/more varied forms of
  coopertion with less partners or is this an issue
  for you?
• Short programmes and their special issues?
• How do you encourage the faculty to support and
  champion EU-NA cooperation?
• How has the coordination of the US-cooperation
  been arranged in your university international
  office, departmental level, some other way?