INTERNATIONALIZING NORTH ISLAND COLLEGE

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• INTERNATIONALIZING NORTH ISLAND COLLEGE

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• INTERNATIONALIZATION
• What is it?
• Why internationalize?
• What is NIC doing?

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• What is INTERNATIONALIZATION?

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• Globalization is the flow of technology,
  economy, knowledge, people, values, ideas across
  borders. Globalization affects each country in a
  different way due to a nations individual
  history, traditions, culture and priorities.
• Knight and DeWitt 1999

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• 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

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• Approaches to Internationalization
• Activities e.g. international students,
  exchanges, curriculum development
• Competencies new skills, knowledge, attitudes
  and values

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• 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

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Defining Internationalization What are the
common elements in these four definitions of
internationalization? BCCIE handout 2B-2
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• What makes internationalization successful?
• Leadership
• Infusion
• Faculty involvement and support

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• What makes internationalization successful?
• Curriculum
• Strategic Planning and Evaluation
• Resources
• Francis 1993

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• WHY INTERNATIONALIZE?

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• 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.

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• To learn about another great culture is
• to enrich ones life,
• to understand ones 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

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• Internationalization four rationales
• Economic
• Socio-cultural
• Academic
• Political

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• Socio-cultural Rationale
• Higher educations 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

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

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• Academic Rationale
• BCCIE has conducted research to answer the
  question What competencies do students
  require to succeed as citizens and as
  professionals in todays global society?

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• International Learning Competencies
• Language and communication skills
• Ability to adapt to cultural environment

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• International Learning Competencies
• Confidence in speaking about issues that impact
  Canada
• Relate these issues to their historical context
  and global trends and concerns

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• International Learning Competencies
• Understand Canadian and world history, geography,
  social, religious and political structures as
  well as current events
• Ability to value individual and cultural
  differences

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• International Learning Competencies
• Willingness to risk being a stranger, to learn
  about other cultures and adapt to them
• Cope with stressful situations and develop
  emotional resilience

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• 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

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• 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

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• WHAT'S HAPPENING AT NIC?

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• North Island Colleges History
• international students with community
  connections
• 1994 Task Force on International Education
  established
• 1995 - Advisory Committee established as a
  result of Task force work

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• 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

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• NIC History
• 1997 2002 incremental steps to build internal
  systems, marketing plan, homestay program
• 2002 IE included as a key goal in NICs
  Education Plan
• 2003 International Education Business plan
  developed

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NICs Approach to Internationalization Process
infusion of international and intercultural
dimensions into teaching, research and service
through a combination of activities, policies
and procedures
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• NICs Rationale for Internationalization
• Combination of academic, economic and socio-
  cultural

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• What makes internationalization successful?
• Leadership
• Infusion
• Faculty involvement and support
• Curriculum
• Strategic Planning and Evaluation
• Resources

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• Whats NIC doing now?
• Presidential and Board support
• Business plan implementation
• Policy development
• Build understanding of internationalization
• Integration of services

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• Whats NIC doing now?
• Marketing and recruitment
• ESL program development
• Overseas contracts
• Community Liaison
• Partnerships

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• 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

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• 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

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North Island College Office of
Internationalization Dean, Maggie
OSullivan Facilitator, Colleen Hanley Support,
Kathy Kelm www.nic.bc.ca/ie
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