GLOBAL COMMITMENT
Integral to our mission is the globalization of teaching, research and community outreach. Temple faculty will increasingly engage in research and teaching related to global issues. Temple graduates will be globally competent: able to comprehend the global dimension of their fields and sensitive to communication across cultures, many through competency in a foreign language. The ability to analyze contemporary political, economic and scientific events and comprehend their impact at local, national and global levels will enable graduates to compete successfully in the new marketplace.
Initiatives
- Increase internationalization
- Institute best teaching practices for accelerating the global competency of students
- Expand education and study abroad opportunities
- Enhance faculty opportunities for global engagement
- Increase faculty opportunities for international experience
- Advance collaborative educational and research opportunities between Main Campus and TUJ
Outcome Measures (AY 08/09 – AY 13/14)
- Number of courses that integrate globalization into the curriculum
- Number and types of study abroad opportunities
- Number of students participating in study abroad opportunities
- Number of international students studying at Temple University
Progress to-date (Highlights as of 8/31/09)
Increase internationalization
- Temple University Japan (TUJ) drafted Academic Strategic Plan, which includes increased partnerships with other international universities. Two new majors aimed at increasing global competency are:
- BA in Japanese Language
- BA in International Business
- Expanded the space occupied by Temple University Rome to provide better study abroad opportunities
- Established 11 articulation agreements with international universities
- Established university-wide (3 years + 2 years) dual bachelor’s/master’s program
- Seven students currently enrolled from China
- One student currently enrolled from Taiwan
- Attended student recruiting fair in China to attract outstanding undergraduate and graduate students
- Added new international partners for dual bachelor’s master’s degrees—Feng Chia University and National Hsinchu University of Education
Institute best teaching practices for accelerating the global competency of students
- Participating in American Council on Higher Education (ACE) Internationalization Laboratory – aimed at developing strategies to increase globalization at Temple
- Introduced globalization theme as part of General Education curriculum
- Students are required to take at least one Gen Ed course focused on global issues
- ~37% of Gen Ed courses feature some aspect of globalization
- Conduct Internet Dance Project with John Moore University in Liverpool
- Introduced the Global Teaching Circle through the Teaching and Learning Center
Expand education and study abroad opportunities
- Pay the first-time passport application fee for Temple students (through the generosity of President Ann Weaver Hart and Mr. Randy Hart)
- Established Diamond Ambassador Scholarships to facilitate study abroad opportunities for outstanding, financially needy students
- Fifty-seven Diamond Ambassador Scholarships awarded since AY 07/08
- Facilitating application process for Fulbright Scholarships for international study
- Five students received Fulbright Scholarships to study abroad in AY 09/10
- Established agreement of collaboration with Future University in Egypt
- Performed “In Conflict,” based on a book by Yvonne Latty, of interviews with Iraq war veterans, at the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland where it received the Fringe First Award
Enhance faculty opportunities for global engagement
- Recruited 55 international scholars and artists to join outstanding faculty since (AY 07/08)
- Established articulation agreements for faculty exchange with universities in Asia
- Established the College of Pharmacy’s Quality Assurance/Regulatory Assurance (QA/RA) program in Singapore
- Established a series of Executive MBA (EMBA) programs in Europe, Asia, and Latin America
