Report
of a
Mini Conference
"HOW MANY WAYS TO
INTERNATIONALIZE THE CAMPUS?"
October 31, 1991
Center for International Research and Educational Projects
CB 123
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0123
Phone: (303) 492-5185
Table of Contents
page
The Center of International Research and
Education Projects ........................................................................................................ 1
The Conference
Background ................................................................................................................... 2
Format ........................................................................................................................... 2-3
Workshop Reports ........................................................................................................ 4-9
Conclusion .................................................................................................................... 10
Appendices
A - Program Schedule and Registration Form .............................................................
B - List of Participants .................................................................................................
C - Budget ....................................................................................................................
THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
The Center for International Research and Educational Projects was established in 1990 with
funding from Chancellor James N. Corbridge and Vice Chancellor Bruce R. Ekstrand. Its
mission is to promote and support, across disciplinary boundaries, the internationalization of the
research, education, and outreach functions of University of Colorado at Boulder. The Center is
governed by Board of Directors consisting of thirteen faculty members broadly representative of
the disciplinary diversity on the UCB campus. The Board selects a Director who is responsible
for the Center's ongoing activities. The Director is assisted by the Director of the Office of
International Education who serves as an ex-officio member of the Board and permanent
secretary. During its first two years of operation, the Center has supported projects of nine
faculty. The Center seeks funds to support its Fellows and activities from sources internal and
external to the University. Grants, gifts, and contributions are solicited and distributed consistent
with the policies of the University.
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THE CONFERENCE
Background
When the Center was established it was given as its mission to foster internationalization of the
UCB campus. During the Center's first year of operations, the Board of Directors determined that
it was necessary to fill in this broad task with more detailed objectives in ways consistent with
existing campus needs. To this end, the Board decided to organize a mini-conference as a
mechanism to solicit input from campus constituents. The event was held on October 31, 1991 in
the University Memorial Center. Faculty with known international expertise were personally
invited. Also, a general announcement was placed in the Silver and Gold.
Format
The mini-conference started off at noon with a luncheon, where James Lyon was the featured
guest speaker. Dr. Lyon, Provost of Fifth College, University of California at San Diego, spoke
to questions of international education, raising issues that were addressed in subsequent
workshops. In particular, he challenged participants to think of internationalization and
multicultural education as related enterprises, and stressed that we need in internationalization to
develop and maintain ethnic pride without concurrently creating ethnocentrism and racism. He
offered no prescriptions and many cautions. However, he predicted that cross disciplinary
scholarship will be the wave of the future. He devoted the rest of his talk to describing, as one
potential model, what Fifth College at UCSD has been doing to internationalize its
[undergraduate] curriculum.
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Following the luncheon, five workshops were conducted, each lasting one hour. Their intent was
to invite from participants suggestions in response to specific questions identified by the Board
as being relevant to the Center's ability to carry out its mission (Appendix A lists the workshop
topics; brief reports follow this section). In the final plenary session, rapporteurs summarized the
results of discussion in the workshops and responded to questions from the audience. Informal
discussion continued during the concluding reception which ended around 5:30 p.m.
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Workshop No. 1: "How to take advantage of CU-Boulder's current international resources"
Chair: Jean Delaney; rapporteur: Bill Hanna
The workshop began with introductions of the attendees, all of whom had had experience in the
field of International Education.
Laura Lee Carter from the International Documents section of the Government
Publications Library spoke on the role of the University Libraries in international education. The
criterion for holdings in this part of the library is that they must be published by a government.
She passed out information concerning International Intergovernmental Collections and a
questionnaire on faculty needs in this area. Anyone who has particular needs in the International
Documents area is urged to contact her at 2-8834. The library's expert in Federal publications is
Tim Byrne.
Jean Delaney presented an overview of the Office of International Education and its role
in the University. It started primarily as a faculty function, but soon became also involved in
student activities. This led to the need for the establishment of the Center for International
Research and Education Projects. She passed out pamphlets on "Opportunities in International
Educational Exchange", "Study Opportunities Abroad for Graduate Students" and "Rhodes,
Marshall and Mellon Scholarships." There is much information about Europe and told how to
obtain it. Not much money is available. Information and money for the rest of the world is
sparse. Financial aid is primarily from Fulbright grants, Chancellor's travel money and limited
departmental and Dean's funds. OCG has provided some assistance primarily in scientific areas.
Jean discussed briefly the exchange programs in effect on the campus and stated that she
has been trying to get information from faculty members about their individual international
expertise. She concluded her remarks by crediting the library and foreign students for their parts
in bringing international culture to the campus. The session concluded with comments,
suggestions and questions from the participants. They covered the following general subjects:
1.
The need to develop resources to encourage students to pursue careers in foreign affairs.
2.
The faculty survey should be repeated to increase the data base on faculty expertise in
foreign activities.
3.
There is a need for money to fund more Center proposals. Only four out of thirty-six
entries could be funded in the first competition.
4.
Undergraduates should be given the opportunity to learn more about foreign
opportunities.
5.
At the present, the lead time on Fulbright fellowships is about one and one-half years.
Faculty and administrators should take this fact into account in promoting them.
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6.
There is a need for a faculty directory of expertise in foreign affairs.
7.
How can younger faculty members be informed of, and become involved in foreign
affairs?
8.
Information about the Center and its activities should be more widely publicized
throughout the University.
9.
Informal language tables already exist. This is a good way to expand interest in foreign
affairs.
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Workshop No. 2: "How can the Center best support faculty activities?"
Chair: Hon-Yim Ko; rapporteur: Jane Lillydahl
Sixteen faculty and staff members participated in this session of the conference. The
discussion primarily focused on five ideas/topics.
1.
Try to get more funding in order to support a broad range of activities. It was
recommended that the Center approach foundations with international interests.
2.
Improve networking on campus.
3.
A.
Develop a list of faculty with their international connections, areas of research,
languages, affiliations, etc. After sending out questionnaires, have a staff person
call the nonrespondents. Use the list to identify faculty with specific country
interests, for example, when foreign visitors come to campus.
B.
Develop a newsletter to highlight and publicize international activities.
Alternatively (or in addition), there could be a regular international section in the
Silver and Gold.
C.
Create a computer mailbox to facilitate the exchange of information about
international events.
D.
Identify an OCG liaison person with the Center. This individual would be asked to
compile lists of international opportunities.
A Goal: Get faculty who have limited or no international experience involved in
international activities.
A.
International travel grants (seed money for research projects, not for international
conferences).
B.
Obtain a list of faculty coming up for a sabbatical and encourage and facilitate
their developing international projects.
4.
Sponsor an International Studies and Research Week which would include a variety of
events. Events might be organized by areas based on the faculty list in item #2A above.
5.
Sponsor a reception for new foreign faculty every fall. Invite these new faculty members
from other countries to serve as resource people for the Center's activities.
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Workshop 3: "How can we internationalize the curriculum?"
Chair: Jean Delaney; rapporteur: James K. Lyon
A summary of comments and suggestions:

The History Department is planning to introduce a capstone course for History majors that
will address issues of internationalism, ethnocentrism, etc.

Our present foreign language requirement does not lead to internationalization. We need to
ask why we want students to take foreign language, and we need to consider teaching
students to speak the language they study rather than learning to read the classics in that
language.

Foreign language teaching needs more resources and should not always be demand-driven.
For instance, we teach no Middle Eastern languages on this campus and will not unless we
break out of the demand-driven mode and introduce them as curricular imperatives.

We need to inventory those courses which already have an international component and find
innovative ways of cross-listing them and encouraging departments to require them for
majors, minors, or as core courses.

We need to do more to tout study abroad to students when they enter. The International
Center could do this. The International Affairs Program, which already does this, could be
used as a model.

Repeatedly, faculty expressed concern about lack of administrative support, failure to listen,
inadequate resources to promote internationalism in the curriculum, etc. It was suggested
that the administration:
a)
provide financial and other incentives for faculty to develop courses with an
international component.
b)
develop and publicize a faculty reward system for those who do consistently teach
courses with an international component.
c)
Give a high priority to interdisciplinary courses with an international focus to prevent
them from being cut. The perception is that interdisciplinary programs are often the
most vulnerable to cuts.
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Workshop 4: "What are the appropriate mechanisms and criteria for establishing faculty
exchanges?"
Chair: John Stevenson; rapporteur: Philip R. Cateora
The major issues addressed were:
1.
Perception that the University Community lacked an awareness and provided minimum
support for faculty exchanges.
2.
There is a minimum awareness among most faculty, other than science faculty, of funding
opportunities for international research and faculty exchanges.
3.
There was a lack of awareness of just how do you go about arranging for a foreign visitor.
4.
In addition to faculty exchanges, we should consider supporting doctoral student exchanges
too.
Suggested solutions for the issues were:
a.
The Center publish a news letter that would: 1) report on sources for support for faculty and
graduate students; 2) assist with the awareness issue by providing information on
international events at the University, provide a profile of international visitors and/or the
times for presentations, etc.
b.
The Center publish a manual that covers, from A to Z, the procedures necessary to receive a
foreign visitor. Someone suggested that JILA does an outstanding job easing the way for
foreign visitors. That may be a good starting point for a manual.
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Workshop 5: "UCB-UCR: How can we build a more synergistic relationship with a foreign
university?
Chair: Ernesto Arias; rapporteur: Gary Gaile
This session was attended by about 15 people. Discussion focused on ways in which the existing
agreement of exchange between University of Colorado, Boulder, and University of Costa Rica,
San Jose, could be strengthened. Participants described their personal interests in furthering such
cooperation and suggested names of other faculty on campus. The UDLP Program of U.S.A.I.D.
was mentioned as a potential mechanism to support a comprehensive institutional linkage
program and plans were announced to prepare a proposal that would draw on joint UCB and
UCR faculty strengths.
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Conclusion
The preceding reports on individual workshops include a number of suggestions made by
participants to increase the Center's effectiveness. Clearly, they vary in the type and amount of
resources that their implementation requires. Undertaking an inventory of international activities
and expertise was deemed a high priority. Accordingly, a campus-wide survey was conducted in
the Spring of 1992. Its results will be made available shortly. It was also suggested that the
Center produce a newsletter. The first one will be distributed in the Fall of 1992. An additional
proposal called for the publication of a campus international resource directory which will
appear in the Summer of 1992. It is expected that the Board will prioritize objectives further
within the framework of a strategic plan to be developed during the 1992-93 AY.
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE AND REGISTRATION FORM
APPENDIX A
The CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROJECTS is dedicated to promoting and
supporting interdisciplinary, international study and research by students and faculty of the University of Colorado at
Boulder. The Center encourages both individual and cooperative international research, teaching, and curricular
development and thereby contributes to the internationalization of the campus community. This opening conference
solicits faculty input regarding the Center's goals.
The conference is free, and will accommodate up to 80 faculty participants on a first come, first served basis. Please
return this sheet not later than October 18 to the Center, Campus Box 123. Confirmation of registration and additional
information will be sent in the third week of October.
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HOW MANY WAYS TO INTERNATIONALIZE THE CAMPUS?
SCHEDULE AND REGISTRATION FORM
Name
Department
Campus Phone
Please register me for those activities checked below.
_____I am unable to attend.
12:00 p.m.
____Luncheon, UMC Aspen Room
to
____(check here if you prefer a vegetarian meal)
1:30 p.m.
Speaker:
Professor James L yon, Provost of Fifth College, University of California at San
Diego.
Fifth College has a special commitment to international education. It was created in 1986 with the belief
that a global perspective is essential to informed participation in the contemporary world. The curriculum
offers students a particularly strong background in international studies, comparative culture, and foreign
language. Provost Lyon has been the chief academic officer of Fifth College since its creation.
1:45 p.m.
to
2:45 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
to
4:00 p.m.
Concurrent Workshops (check preference 1 or 2)
_____
Session 1: How to take advantage of CU-Boulder's current international resources?
_____
Session 2: How can the Center best support faculty activities?
Concurrent Workshops (check preference 3 or 4 or 5)
_____ Session 3: How can we internationalize the curriculum (materials? core
requirements? students as resources?, etc.?
_____ Session 4: What are the appropriate mechanisms and criteria for establishing faculty
exchanges?
_____ Session 5: CU-Boulder/University of Costa Rica: How can we build a more synergistic
relationship with a foreign university?
4:15 p.m.
to
5:00 p.m.
_____ Summation of Workshops: Where do we go from here?
UMC West Ballroom
5:00 p.m.
to
5:30 p.m.
_____ RECEPTION
UMC Glen Miller Lounge
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Ernesto Arias
Julio Baena
Roger Barry
A. O. Barut
Sanjai Bhagat
Laura Lee Carter
Phil Cateora
George Codding
Jean Delaney
Michael Delaney
Yem Fong
Gary Gaile
Bill Hanna
Spenser Havlick
Natalie Hedberg
John Hess
Richard Holley
Chuck Howe
Evelyn Hu-DeHart
Tissa Illangasekare
Jim Jankowski
David Kassoy
Carl Kisslinger
Rolf Kjolseth
Hon-Yim Ko
Christian Kopff
William B. Krantz
Moncef Krarti
Jane Lillydahl
James Lyon
Thomas Lyons
Kevin McCarthy
Leigh Minturn
Betsy Moen
Marguerite Moritz
Mark S. Murphy
Jim Nelson
Jim Nickel
Richard Nishikawa
Lisa Penaloza
Richard Phillips
Stephanie Quizar
Albert Ramirez
Peggy Rhine
Eckhart Schutrumpf
Yvonne Shafer
Marie Sheppard
John Stevenson
Steve Thomas
Veronica Vaida
Willem VanVliet
Laurie Watkins
William Wei
Patrick Weidman
Michael Wertheimer
Walter Wyss
APPENDIX B
Environmental Design
Spanish & Portuguese
CIRES/Geography
Physics
Business
Libraries, International Publications
Business
International Affairs
Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
Office of International Education
Libraries
Geography
Electrical Engineering
Environmental Design
CDSS
Business
Mathematics
Economics
History
Civil Engineering
History
Dean, Graduate School
CIRES/Geological Sciences
Sociology
Civil Engineering
Honors
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Arts & Sciences
Guest speaker, University of California at San Diego
English
Music
Psychology
Sociology
Journalism
Naval Science
Business/Marketing
Philosophy
Assistant Dean, Arts & Sciences Curriculum Office
Business
Libraries
Anthropology
Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs
Communication
Classics
Theatre
ALTEC
English
Director, International Education, CU-Denver
Chemistry
Environmental Design
Office of International Education
History
Mechanical Engineering
Psychology
Physics
APPENDIX C
BUDGET
Room rental and set up (chairs, mikes, etc.)
$ 17.60
Luncheon*
404.25
Reception (food and non-alcoholic drink)
(wine)
176.00
61.53
Mailing labels
20.50
FedEx mailing
6.00
Copying
49.35
Airfare for keynote speaker
University of Utah of $155.00)
812.00 ($967.00 minus reimbursement from the
Local hospitality (for keynoter)
Total
*Luncheon and reception costs include costs of catering personnel
72.33
$1,619.56