7 Revolutions Institute:
Educating Globally
Competent Citizens
California State University Fresno
October 28-29, 2011
Background: “Seven Revolutions”
cooperative project
• AASCU (American Association of State
Colleges and Universities)
• AASCU partnered with New York Times in
American Democracy Project to promote
citizenship
• CSIS (Center for Strategic and International
Studies) emphasizes global issues in Seven
Revolutions project
• Began in September, 2006
AASCU (American Association of
State Colleges and Universities)
• 420 public member institutions
• 3.7 million students (55% of all four-year
students in the United States)
• Eight member institutions originally interested
in “Seven Revolutions” project (now ten
institutions)
New York Times
• World wide news gathering organization
• Increasingly developing audio and video
resources, in addition to familiar print
media
• Worked with AASCU in American
Democracy Project to provide print and
Internet-based resources to enhance
citizenship
CSIS (Center for Strategic and
International Studies)
• Global non-partisan think tank centered in
Washington, DC
• Approximately 185 analysts examine key
issues facing our world
• Global Strategy Institute (GSI) attempts to
synthesize information to identify key trends
• Erik Peterson, former head of GSI, developed
Seven Revolutions presentation, delivered to
over 80,000 people in 48 states and 24
countries
Seven Revolutions-key trends
and issues facing world to 2025
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Population
Resource management
Technology
Information
Economic integration
Conflict/Security
Governance
Partner Summary
• AASCU wants to enhance citizenship
• New York Times has significant information
about world issues; move to younger
audience
• CSIS has wealth of resources on global
issues, including “Seven Revolutions,” and
interested in expanding to education
• Fertile ground for partnership, but could have
been viewed as resources in search of a
clarified purpose and organization
Developed Planning Assumptions
• Goal--educate globally competent citizens
• Objectives--develop identified knowledge,
skills, and attitudes
• Setting--introductory and capstone courses,
infusion across curriculum in AASCU schools
• Learners across spectrum, but often limited
knowledge and skills and narrow worldview
Decided to develop a
“Toolkit”
• Use “Seven Revolutions” as an organizing
framework and integrate CSIS content
• Integrate New York Times content
• Identify other Internet-based content
• Include teaching and learning resources that
faculty and students could use
• Integrate all resources in an accessible,
comprehensive Internet-based web site
Overview of Toolkit
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Brief introduction
Content on 7 revolutions topics
Case studies—Course types
Teaching materials and activities
Teaching resources