Introduction to Title VI-A

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Introduction to Title VI-A

• Lisa Hollander and Lisa Spaulding
• Co-Directors

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The Web Site

• www.jeffco.edu

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The Boring Stuff
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History

• The last Title VI-A

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Title VI-A 2002-05

• Focused on China (Y1) and Mexico/the Caribbean
  (Y2)
• Expanded offerings of French and Chinese via ITV
• Created the Global Education Certificate

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This was a starter grant

• No one expected it to succeed
• But Ethel Sawyer, Janice Meyer, Dr. Kellerman,
  Dr. Farnsworth and all the participating faculty
  made it work!

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Why this grant is a big deal . . .
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Change in the Competition

• More 4-Year Colleges can compete
• Private 4-years, e.g. Harvard
• Research I Institutions

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Change in the Competition

• Few readers are 2-year college instructors
• Few Consortiums

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2007 Title VI-A Grants

• 28 were awarded
• 2 were community colleges

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2007 Title VI-A Grants

• MCGE is the only consortium

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2008 Title VI-A Grants

• NO Community Colleges were awarded a UiSFL grant

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Follow-up Grant

• To Strengthen the Global Ed. Activities of the
  consortium colleges

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Follow-up Grant

• Higher standards
• Greater expectations

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The Grant
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The Grant Goals

• Infuse 72 courses with African content (includes
  2 new courses per year)

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The Grant Infusion

• West Africa
• Senegal
• North Africa
• Morocco
• Y3Any Africa

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The Grant Goals

• Offer 10 of the newly created/altered
  courses/year online

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The Grant Goals

• Expand Foreign Language offerings
• Second year French
• First year Arabic

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The Grant Goals

• Expand Quality of Support for students taking
  Distance Ed. foreign language courses

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The Grant Goals

• Offer a state-wide conference on Africa
• This will be the first of its kind

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The Grant

• Make the Lisas rich and famous!

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What you need to do, eventually

• Teach the module at least three times over at
  least two semesters (you can do it in one year,
  two years, five years . . .)

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What you need to do

• Perform the necessary assessments (at least two
  different semesters)
• Assessment of the classes

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What you need to do

• Send your data to us . . .

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What To Do When You Remember None of This

• www.jeffco.edu

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Questions?