ERIC ED371777: Building Community for an Interdependent World among Michigan Community Colleges. AACC-Kellogg Beacon Project, Kalamazoo Valley Community College Class of 1993 Report.

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Building Community for an Interdependent World among
TITLE
Michigan Community Colleges. AACC-Kellogg Beacon
Project, Kalamazoo Valley Community College Class of
1993 Report.
Kalamazoo Valley Community Coll., Mich.
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American Association of Community Colleges,
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Washington, DC.; Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek,
Mich.
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51p.; An AACC-Kellogg Beacon College Project
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conducted in collaboration with Delta College,
Jackson Community College, Kalamazoo Valley Community
College, Kellogg Community College, Macomb Community
College, Mott Community College, Oakland Community
College, and St. Clair County Community College.
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Associate Degrees; Community Colleges; Consortia;
DESCRIPTORS
*Curriculum Development; *Intercultural Programs;
*International Educational Exchange; *International
Programs; *International Studies; Program
Descriptions; Two Year Colleges
Beacon College Projects; Kalamazoo Valley Community
IDENTIFIERS
College MI
ABSTRACT
The first section of the report outlines the American
Association of Community Colleges-Kellogg (AACC-Kellogg) Beacon
Project's objectives, which included the development of an
International Education Consortium involving eight Michigan community
colleges; curriculum and staff development activities; joint
international activities; an electronic communications network; and
publications. The second section presents a summary of project
activities and outcomes, including the following: (1) the formation
of the Southern Michigan Community Colleges Consortium for
(2) the development by 31 faculty members of
International Education;
31 international modules to be infused into a wide variety of courses
(3) the production and distribution of
in 18 disciplines;
"Internationalizing the Curriculum," a volume including the
(4) international colloquia and workshops
instructional modules;
(5) activities with
conducted at each of the participating colleges;
(6) international exchanges and travel/study
international themes;
abroad programs, including overseas living and work experiences in
Kenya and Japan and an interdisciplinary study-tour in Mexico;
(7)
the development of an International Studies certificate and
association degree at Kalamazoo Valley, Jackson, and Kellogg
community colleges; and (8) the purchase of a variety of
international materials. The third section summarizes challenges,
pitfalls, rewards, and the future outlook of the project. Appendixes
include lists of the 28 international learning modules, of 23
colleges visited as part of the project, and of 80 colleges
supporting the Midwest Institute for International Studies and
Foreign Languages; and letters responding to campus visits. (KP)
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AACC-KILLOGG BEACON PROJECT
KALAMAZOO VALLEY C.C. -- Class of 1993
Building Community for an Interdependent World Among
Elmiftst Title:
Michigan Community Colleges.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Michigan Colleges:
Delta College
Jackson Community College
Kellogg Community College
Macomb Community College
Mott Community College
Oakland Community College
St. Clair County Community College
Theo Sypris, Project Director (Kalamazoo Valley)
Key Personnel:
Barbara Tedrow, Associate Director (Delta).
Joyce Lockman, Associate Director (Jackson).
John Smith, Associate Director (Kellogg).
Susan Calkins, Associate Director (Macomb).
Wise Joseph, Associate Director (Mott).
John Bergman, Associate Director (Oakland).
Virginia Pillsbury, Associate Director (St. Clair).
Project Objectives:
Form an International Education Consortium (eight Michigan
1.
community colleges: Kalamazoo, Delta, Jackson, Kellogg,
Macomb, Mott, Oakland, and St. Clair).
Internationalize the curriculum (develop 27 international
2.
modules and support course infusion with international content).
Conduct eight international colloquia and workshops (each
3.
college organizes and implements an international colloquy and
workshop).
Plan, organize and execute joint international activities
4.
(collectively undertake international activities like overseas
travel/study/exchanges, host or co-sponsor international
events).
Explore the feasibility of establishing an international degree
5.
program (examine prospects for an International Certificate,
and/or A.A. degree, and/or A.A.S. degree).
Organize and maintain an electronic network (set-up an
6.
electronic mailbox for the consortium within the existing
Michigan community college computer-based telecommunications
system (CTS).
Purchase international resources (each college allocates funds
7.
for international materials to support the curriculum writers
and enhance its library collection).
Develop and publish two international monographs (one on
8.
internationalizing the curriculum and the other on the
consortium).
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Summary on Project Activities and Outcomes:
The eight college project directors met on September 20, 1991 at
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Kalamazoo Valley C.C. and formally established the Southern
Michigan Community Colleges Consortium for International
Education and began planning on the aforementioned objectives.
Using the consortium as the foundation the eight colleges
expanded their collaboration on international education and the
"building of community" in particular among the eight project
directors and a number of faculty working on the international
a total of eight directors' meetings to
modules.
There wa ..
discuss and plan activities under this project.
Thirty-one faculty were selected to develop thirty one
2.
international modules to be infused into a wide variety of
courses (twenty seven modules were funded by the grant, the
remaining four by the colleges).
The titles of
The faculty represented eighteen disciplines.
the modules, the courses infused with the modules, and the
faculty that developed them are provided in the appendix.
The faculty were given a modular format and guidelines, and were
provided support by sponsoring international workshops,
colloquia, purchases of resources and istedback from the project
director and colleagues.
The project director compiled, edited and published the
curriculum work that became part of a volume entitled
"Internationalizing the Curriculum".
Five hundred volumes were produced and are made available free
of charge to interested higher education institutions throughout
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the country.
Eight international colloquia and workshops were organized and
3.
executed; one each by the eight colleges of this project's
consortium.
a) Kalamazoo Valley C.C. executed the first international
colloquy and workshop in November, 1991 "On
Internationalizing the Curriculum" with Dr. Seymour Fersh.
b) Jackson C.C. executed the second one on February 21, 1992 "On
International Business with emphasis on Japan" by Mr.
Tateyuki Eguchi and Mr. John Voorhorst of the Michigan Dept.
of Commerce.
c) Delta C. offered a curriculum workshop "On Cultural Diversity
and Global Concepts in Learning Communities" with Ms. Julia
Fogarty and an interactive global simulation, on March March
27, 1992.
d) St. Clair C.C.C. executed a workshop and panel discussion "On
C.I.S. with emphasis on Russia" with Dr. Galina Ilinyka,
Mr. Norman Beauchamp, and Mr. Fred Adolph, on April 3, 1992.
e) Kellogg C.C. offered a workshop on "How to Add International
Materials to Existing Courses", and a lecture on "Global
Interdependence", by Dr. Kenneth DeWoskin, in October 2,
1992.
f) Oakland C.C. offered a workshop on "Arab Culture and
Religion" and a lecture on "Arab-American Community and
Networking", by Dr. Haifa Fakhouri and Dr. Radwan Khoury, on
December 4, 1992.
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g) Mott C.C. offered the seventh workshop ana lecture on
"Internationalizing the Curriculum with Emphasis on Africa",
by Dr. David Wiley, on March 19, 1993.
h) Macomb C.C. offered the last international workshop and
colloquy entitled "What should our students know about the
World -- and How do we teach it?", which was a presentation
of faculty that developed international curriculum materials
under this project.
The international colloquia were attended by faculty, students,
businessmen and interested citizens, while the workshops were
reserved for the faculty developing international curriculum
Evaluations of the activities were very favorable.
materials.
The eight colleges organized or hosted several international
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activities like:
a) International Week or Day or Night,
b) A variety of Ethnic Festivals,
c) World Food Day,
d) Earth Day,
e) International Speaker Series,
f) International Luncheons,
g) Global Awareness Week,
h) Community Speaker Series, and
i) International Student events.
There were a number of international exchanges and travel/atudy
abroad programs like:
a) Overseas living and work experiences programs in
Kenya and Japan, by Delta college.
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b) The exchange program with England, by Jackson community
college.
c) The interdisciplinary study-tour in Mexico and Spring travel
program in England, by Macomb community college.
d) The exchange programs with Kazakhstan and Russia, by St.
Clair county community college.
e) The collaboration with the Shanghai Petrochemical Institute
in China, by Kalamazoo Valley community college.
The project co-sponsored or partially supported the following
activities:
a) The Michigan Community Colleges for Global Education's
(MCCGE) Curriculum Workshop, on October 14, 1992.
b) Ms. Carol Yaeger's presentation at the Liberal Arts Network
for Development (LAND) Annual Conference, February 17-19,
1993.
c) Seven faculty presentations on "Internationalizing the
Curriculum" at the Liberal Arts Network for Development
(LLND) Annual Conference, February 17-19, 1993.
d) The director and four coordinators presented on'this project
at the American Council on International Intercultural
Education's Annual Conference, on April 25-27, 1993
this project at the American
e) The director preseatted oi
a/ Convention, on
Association of Community Colleges' A_
April 28-May 1, 1993.
f) Thirteen faculty presentations in three curriculum panels at
the American Forum for Global Education's Annual Conference,
on June 4-6, 1993.
The director shared with the associate colleges, Kalamazoo
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Valley community college's design of an International Studies
certificate and A.A. degree.
There was an effort to support each college's effort in
enhancing an existing or develop an international academic
Currently the eight colleges' are reporting that:
program.
a) Kalamazoo Valley community college is offering an
international studies program with over 200 students,
pursuing the A.A. or Certificate degrees.
b) Delta college has incorporated an international/intercultural
competency in its General Education statement and the
development of options for internationalizing the curriculum.
c) Jackson community college has planned and is developing an
international A.A. degree.
d) Kellogg community college has designed an international A.A.
degree and a certificate, and has added the international
studies designation in classes offered in the Winter '94
semester.
e) Macomb community college is evaluating its international
certificate and the International Education Task Force will
make its final recommendation in the Fall of 1993.
f) Mott community college is offering an international business
certificate, but further efforts for an international studies
degree have not maierialized so far.
g) Oakland community college completed a needs analysis during
the 1991-92 academic year, and explored the feasibility of
It is hoped that a
curriculum revision during 1992-93.
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favorable action will take place in the 1993-94 academic
year.
h) St. Clair county community college's International Studies
committee has considered the possibility of instituting a
degree in international studies and determined that there is
not enough demand for it.
i) During the months of March thru May, 1994 the director
visited and offered lectures/workshops on international
education in 23 two-year colleges in the seven Midwestern
states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minessota, Ohio
and Wisconsin.
See appendix for letters of appreciation.
In September 1991, the project director set-up an electronic
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mailbox for the consortium that included initially the eight
project directors and shortly thereafter for faculty developing
the international modules (the telecommunications system was
funded by the state of Michigan and was accessed with an 800
A simple one page "user instructions" was
phone number).
prepared by the director for the consortium members.
Unfortunately, the governor of the state of Michigan with
executive order terminated funding of the system beginning
November 1, 1991, and consequently our abilitN to network
electronically through this system came to an abrupt end.
The networking continued through the telephone, mail, director
meetings, sharing of international resources and undertaking
international activities.
All colleges committed funds in purchasing a wide variety of
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international materials, especially in supporting the faculty
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