Ithaca
(IC)
2
College
Demonstration
Projects
Periodic Update Report
Date of Submission:
Project Title: Ithaca Project:
Mozambique
Principal Investigator:
Warren Schlesinger
Department:
Accounting
School/Division:
School of Business
Project Co-Principal Investigators (if any):
Reporting Period:
I.
Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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Executive Summary of State of the Project:
Twenty one students are enrolled in the one credit Ithaca Project: Mozambique (ICIC 10100-01) for the spring semester. 12 are first
year students and four are sophomores. 11 of these are exploratory.
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II.
Key Accomplishments to Date (or Since Last Report):
Securing student interest and enrollment.
III.
Key Challenges to Date:
1.) So, what am I actually going to do?
2.) The other major challenge will be securing approvals for any students to travel to Mozambique if that becomes a possibility. The
International Program office timeline is quite lengthy for securing approvals to travel but I am hoping that if there are some students
who are interested in going to Mozambique that the office will work with me to make that possible.
IV.
How were these Challenge(s) addressed:
1.) The more I talk to people about the project, the more it helps me to identify what is worth doing.
2.) I attended an International Programs office training session on study abroad programs.
V.
Expenditures to Date:
None
VI.
Project Assessment:
IC2 projects would be well served to be collaborative projects between faculty. While I am interested in tackling a big unknown, i.e.,
working with students to learn about an undeveloped out of the limelight country and to develop projects to offer assistance to a peace
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corps project in that country, the spirit of IC2 is lost when it is a solo effort. On the other hand, the students who enrolled in this
seminar are very interested.
Project Goal
Actions
Recruit students
Send email to all
exploratory students
Develop student
knowledge about a topic
(Mozambique) across a
variety of disciplines
(history, politics,
economics, religion,
sustainability, etc.)
None taken yet
Raise funds to support a
peace corps project
None taken yet
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Measure(s)
Homer enrollment
Outcome(s)
Next Steps
Class filled
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VII. Student Learning Assessment:
Student Learning
Objective (SLO)
Method of Instruction
(How was this SLO
taught)
Type of Measure (Direct
and Indirect)
Students will learn to
conduct research
Lecture/discussion
Submission of appropriate
research plan by students
Students will learn to
work effectively in
groups
Lecture/discussion and
periodic meeting with
professor outside of
class
Students will provide
periodic (usually weekly)
analysis describing group
interactions and group
progress
Students will learn
about the history,
politics, economy,
culture and
sustainability efforts
in Mozambique
Student presentations
and readings
Mid term exam
Students will learn
presentation skills
Lecture/discussion and Presentations at Whalen
analysis of student
Symposium
presentations in class
Students will learn
project management
Lecture/discussion and Success will be measured
periodic meeting with by amount of funds raised
professor outside of
by project relative to goals.
class
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Outcome
Possible Reason for
Outcome
(interpretation)
Revision
(if any)
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