NAFSA 2006 ANNUAL REPORT FORM
Based on the 2006-2008 Strategic Plan
Committee Name: ILC (SIG) International Living Learning Center Specific Interest Group
Person Filling Out Form: Liliane C. Koziol
Date: _November 12, 2006
How many individuals participate?
(ex. Activity
Listserv
Number of Participants
67 )
Activity Listserv_____________________________________________________________________ Number of Participants 120 members
Activity National Conference Presentation (4 presenters from Alberta, Berkeley, Massachusetts, Maryland) Number of Participants attended by hundreds
Activity SIG tabling (40 doing tabling during the week)_______________________________ Number of Participants attended by hundreds
Activity SIG meeting _________________________________________________________ Number of Participants 40
Activity Booth _________________________________________________________
STRATEGIC
PLAN GOALS
1. Advocate for
U.S. policies,
laws, and
regulations that
promote and
enhance
international
education.
NAFSA GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
1.1 Establish international education as
an essential component of U.S. leadership
and security.
1.2 Seek U.S. commitment to an
international education policy statement.
MIG ANNUAL GOAL(S)
RELATED TO THIS
OBJECTIVE
Through the ILCs’ residence,
programming, & academic
experiences strengthen
NAFSA’s goal of establishing
international education as an
essential component of U.S.
leadership and security.
Supporting NAFSA goal by
demonstrating ILC relevance in
the larger context of
international education
Number of Participants thousands
STRATEGY & RESULT
(How and what was achieved)
2007 ACTION
PLAN AND TIME
FRAME
Articulating and using the ILC mission
statement in all our communication
Articulating to overseas partners this uniquely
American feature of international education
through our listserv inquiries and other
communication
Ongoing goal
Through submitting proposals for regional and
national conferences
Through presentations at regional and
national conferences
Through outreach at regional and national
conferences (tabling presence with a ILCSIG
one-pager info sheet educating people about
Ongoing goal
To identify kindred
spirits to guide & support
our proposal submissions
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our networking, recruiting people to be
members of the SIG, informing them about
the ILC workbook, which gives different
models of ILCS describing their operations
and suggests solutions to ILCSIG issues,
practices, tips about anything pertaining to
international houses, centers, floors, etc.
including for example budget, staffing,
programs issues, etc.
1.3 Promote a comprehensive strategy to
reestablish the United States as the
destination of choice for international
students and scholars.
Highlight overseas institutions
for international students and
visiting scholars the unique
combination of residence,
academics, and programming
experiences solely provided by
international living and learning
Centers while stressing for them
the benefit of interacting on a
daily basis with American
students :
Promote ILC outreach through our exhibit
booth targeting international overseas and
domestic partners
Promoting the concept of ILCs at regional and
national conferences
Stress Online discussion of occupancy issues
keeping in mind that smaller percentage of
returning residents may impact the pool of
applicants for leadership roles and achieving
demographic goals through selectivity
Online discussion of ratio retuning and new
residents to keep the balance that make ILCs
successful
Selling the ILCSG workbook
Distributed to all ILCSIG members a
collection of winning essays on combating
stereotypes and prejudice in the wake of 9/11,
a product resulting from an ILC project.
Books also distributed to the NAFSA
Diversity Forum participants, and the NAFSA
Board members to show concrete results of
ILC programming
Providing guidance for institutions creating
ILCS
Ongoing
Do longitudinal studies
of ILCs created in the
1990s
Working with colleagues
in sister units such as
Housing etc. to minimize
differences with the
common goal of
residents’ satisfaction
and personal growth
Emphasize and develop
ILCs academic program
(cohort of classes,
classes held at ILCs,
faculty in residence, etc.)
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1.4 Promote a comprehensive strategy to
establish education abroad as an
integral component of U.S.
undergraduate education with a focus
on diversity in participants and
destinations.
1.5 Establish NAFSA as an indispensable
source of information and guidance to
Promote for American students
the benefit of living in an ILC,
which provides a unique
combination of residence,
academics, and programming
experiences and allows daily
basis interaction with
international students and
visiting scholars, which in turn
encourage American students
desire to participate in education
abroad naturally
Support NAFSA goal 1.5 at tour
ILCSIG level
Promoting the work of ILCs where we are
each individually based
Working with our respective higher education
institutions Education Abroad Programs to
promote our ILCs
Ongoing
Strengthen NAFSA goals
through the sale and
promotion of the ILCSIG
workbook
Make the workbook an
official NAFSA
publication
Congress, the Executive Branch, and
Presidential candidates on policy
relating to international education.
1.6 Influence the immigration reform
debate in Congress.
NA
1.7 Be a resource for states on policy
relating to international education.
Support 1.7 goal
Strengthen NAFSA through the sale and
promotion of the ILC workbook
Support 1.8 goal
Strengthen NAFSA through the sale and
promotion of the workbook
Through presentations at regional and
national conferences
Through outreach at regional and national
conferences
Promoting the work of ILCs where we are
each individually based
Working with our respective higher education
institutions Education Abroad Programs to
promote our ILCs
1.8 Establish NAFSA as the nation’s
premier grassroots advocate on behalf
of international education.
2. Set and
uphold
standards for
2.1 Contribute to the establishment of
standards appropriate to NAFSA and to the
field.
Highlight for international
students and visiting scholars the
unique combination of
residence, academics, and
programming experiences solely
Ongoing
Recruit overseas ILCS to
be host American
students going on study
abroad program at
exhibit booth
Could be a resource
along the lines of
articulating for overseas
partners the concept of
ILCS as a unique
American feature of
international education
Ensure that our ILCSIG
proposals are accepted
for presentations at the
national conferences
Ongoing
Recruit overseas ILCS to
be recipients of
American students going
on study abroad program
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professional
practice for
individuals and
institutions.
2.2 Review and update the Association’s
professional standards, best practices, and
provided by international living
and learning Centers while
stressing for them the benefit of
interacting on a daily basis with
American students
Promote for American students
the benefit of living in an ILC,
which provides a unique
combination of residence,
academics, and programming
experiences and allows daily
basis interaction with
international students and
visiting scholars, which in turn
encourage education abroad
naturally
Identify professional standards,
best practices and models of
successful programs
Site visits of each other’s institutions to
compare and contrast practices (Participants
included I House UC Berkeley, I House
Philadelphia, I House British Colombia, I
House University of California at San Diego)
at exhibit booth
Through submitting proposals for regional and
national conferences
Through presentations at regional and
national conferences
Through outreach at regional and national
conferences (tabling presence with a ILCSIG
one-pager info sheet educating people about
our networking, recruiting people to be
members of the SIG, informing them about
the ILC workbook, which gives different
models of ILCS describing their operations
and suggests solutions to ILCSIG issues,
practices, tips about anything pertaining to
international houses, centers, floors, etc.
including for example budget, staffing,
programs issues, etc.
Through dissemination of a completed ILC
Census
Ongoing online also
through visits of each
other’s institutions,
comparing and
contrasting practices
See 2.2 above
See 2.2 above
See 2.2 above
models of successful programs at least
every three years.
2.3 Disseminate and promote these
standards at national, regional, state, and
local international education forums, and
on Web sites.
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3. Develop and
disseminate
quality
products,
programs, and
services that
serve the
international
education
community.inte
rnational
education
community.
3.1 Build a strong practice information
system that facilitates the dissemination of
authoritative practice information and
Dissemination of authoritative
practice information and
promotes member-to-member
support on practice issues.
Through diffusion of the ILC workbook,
which gives different models of ILCS
describing their operations and suggests
solutions to ILCSIG issues, practices, tips
about anything pertaining to international
houses, centers, floors, etc. including for
example budget, staffing, programs issues,
etc.
Distribution of the ILCSIG Census
Online network discussion
Prioritize member practice
concerns; develop and
implement practice initiatives to
address concerns of highest
priority
Ongoing online discussion of issues
Personal contact with people having inquiries
Created an evaluation form for ILCSIG
workbook
Outreach for ILCSIG workbook at regional
and national conferences
Ongoing
Enhance and expand services
and products for ILCs
professionals to support the
fields of international student
and scholar services,
recruitment, admissions, and
preparation for stay in the United
States
Outreach for and promotion of the ILCSIG
workbook
Distribution of the ILCSIG Census
Online network discussion
Disseminating Job openings on the network
(based on other SIGS referral)
Provided ILCSIG colleagues names for
recommendation to participate in the NAFSA
Executive Leadership Program
Outreach for and promotion of the ILCSIG
workbook
Distribution of the ILCSIG Census
Online network discussion
Through submitting proposals for regional and
national conferences
Through presentations at regional and
national conferences
Created an evaluation form for ILCSIG
workbook
Disseminating Job openings on the network
(based on other SIGS referral)
Provided ILCSIG colleagues names for
recommendation to participate in the NAFSA
Ongoing
promotes member-to-member support on
practice issues.
3.2 Prioritize member practice concerns;
develop and implement practice initiatives
to address concerns of highest priority.
3.3 Enhance and expand services and
products for professionals in the fields of
international student and scholar services,
recruitment, admissions, and preparation
for stay in the United States.
3.4 Expand the services and products for
Enhance and expand services
professionals in international education
leadership and international/
and products for ILCs
intercultural teaching, learning, and
scholarship.
services and products for
professionals to support
professionals in international
education leadership and
international/
intercultural teaching, learning,
and scholarship.
Establish connections
among Residence Life,
Education Abroad,
International Student
Services, and Formal
academics in the context
of ILCs.
Working with colleagues
in sister units such as
Housing etc.
Emphasize and develop
ILCs academic program
(cohort of classes,
classes held at ILCs,
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Executive Leadership Program
faculty in residence, etc.)
Do longitudinal studies
of ILCs created in the
1990s to identify trends
in the global context of
international education
Outreach for and promotion of the ILCSIG
workbook
Distribution of the ILCSIG Census
Online network discussion
Through submitting proposals for regional and
national conferences
Through presentations at regional and
national conferences
Establish connections
among Residence Life,
Education Abroad,
International Student
Services, and Formal
academics in the context
of ILCs.
Working with colleagues
in sister units such as
Housing etc.
Emphasize and develop
ILCs academic program
(cohort of classes,
classes held at ILCs,
faculty in residence, etc.)
Do longitudinal studies
of ILCs created in the
1990s to identify trends
in the global context of
international education
Support 3.6 goal through our
individual and collective ILCs’
work, products, and services
Submitted National conference proposal on
the definition of global competency as
achieved through the international living and
learning experience
Do longitudinal studies
of ILCs created in the
1990s to identify trends
in the global context of
international education
Articulating ILCS mission in the
context of NAFSA’s role in
advancing global workforce
development
Identifying uniqueness of our ILCs as molds
for developing global citizens through
programs, products, and services
Ongoing definition of
global competency
through logic model
using ILCs census
Establishing a network of
ILCS alumni from
around the world
3.5 Strengthen NAFSA services and
Enhance and expand services
products for education abroad
and products for ILCs
professionals, focusing on the challenges
professionals to support
raised in the report by NAFSA’s Strategic
Task Force Report on Education Abroad.
services and products for
professionals in international
education leadership and
international/
intercultural teaching, learning,
and scholarship.
3.6 Ensure that product, program, and
service development and modification are
based on market research and rigorous
quality evaluation.
3.7 Articulate NAFSA’s role in
advancing global workforce development.
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4. Manage
growth of the
membership in
NAFSA.
4.1 Conduct periodic scans of the
environment, noting opportunities and
Conduct periodic assessment of
the relevance of ILCS in the
large context of NAFSA
Identifying uniqueness of our ILCs as molds
for developing global citizens through
programs, products, and services
Supporting NAFSA’s 4.2 goal
Worked on an address project using recruited
members at the national conference and
increased ILCSIG participants from 67 to 120
Supporting NAFSA’s 4.3 goal
Worked on an address project using recruited
members at the national conference and
increased ILCSIG participants from 67 to 120
Completion of census identified new ILCs and
new interested members
Ongoing
Supporting NAFSA’s 4.4 goal
First time our SIG was asked for guidance
about creating ILCS by a Kenyan institution
Ongoing
Providing guidance bout
creating an ILC for
overseas institutions
Supporting NAFSA goal at our
ILCSIG level
Established an Advisory Board to allow for
greater involvement of the International
Living Centers in developing programs of
mutual interest and to increase and improve
communication between the ILC's:
2 Co-Chairs (1 from a large established ILC
and 1 from a smaller ILC, either from
overseas and/or the US); Workbook lead, preconference workshop lead, general and
possible Panel discussion chair, I Houses
Worldwide exhibit Booth lead, a social event
lead for ILC members at NAFSA national
conference
Ongoing
Need to have a
Webmaster
Propose to NAFSA to
have an in-residence
Webmaster who could be
consulted for ILCSIG
website creation
reviewing competing forces, and evaluate
the potential strategic positioning of
NAFSA for a 3-year horizon.
4.2 Manage growth strategically,
focusing on the potential membership
groups that best match our mission.
4.3 Retain current members and increase
net membership.
4.4 Expand the number of members from
new and underrepresented constituencies.
5. Ensure
effective
governance,
leadership,
communication
and
coordination
for the
Association.
5.1 Consistently employ a strategic
planning process that engage all levels of
the Association and aligns work effort,
structure, and resources to the plan.
Ongoing definition of
global competency
through logic model
using ILCs census
Establishing a network of
ILCS alumni from
around the world
Ongoing
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5.2 Continuously evaluate board
Support NAFSA 5.1 goal
Keep ILCSIG members appraised of new
development through the online networking
Provided Senior Director of NAFSA
Professional Programs and Resources with
names and contact email addresses of ILCSIG
members who can benefit from the Executive
Leadership Development Program, a
professional development opportunity
Using the online network
Responding swiftly to inquiries
Ongoing
Support NAFSA goal 5.4 at our
ILCSIG level
Established an Advisory Board to allow for
greater involvement of the International
Living Centers in developing programs of
mutual interest and to increase and improve
communication between the ILC's:
2 Co-Chairs (1 from a large established ILC
and 1 from a smaller ILC, either from
overseas and the US); Workbook lead, preconference workshop lead, general and
possible Panel discussion chair, I Houses
Worldwide exhibit Booth lead, a social event
lead for ILC members at NAFSA national
conference
Ongoing
Support NAFSA goal 5.5. at our
ILCSIG level
Established an Advisory Board to allow for
greater involvement of the International
Living Centers in developing programs of
mutual interest and to increase and improve
communication between the ILC's:
2 Co-Chairs (1 from a large established ILC
and 1 from a smaller ILC, either from
overseas and the US); Workbook lead, preconference workshop lead, general and
possible Panel discussion chair, I Houses
Worldwide exhibit Booth lead, a social event
lead for ILC members at NAFSA national
conference
Ongoing
governance and member-leadership
structures to ensure a flexible, nimble,
effective, and efficient Association.
5.3 Ensure a regular pattern of
Similar goal at the ILC SIG level
communication with members regarding
the activities of the Association.
5.4 Recruit and skilled, creative, and
diverse member-leaders and staff who
work in partnership to carry out the work
of the Association.
5.5 Develop and maintain a system to
identify talent and availability of members
to volunteer for the Association in various
roles, including but not limited to,
leadership.
Ongoing
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6. Ensure a
strong
administrative
and financial
foundation for
the Association.
5.6 Orient all new leaders of the
Association.
Similar ILCSIG goal
Ongoing
Similar goal for ILCSIG
Informally done through doing by showing
and ongoing communication with each other
Outreach for and promotion of the ILCSIG
workbook
Distribution of the ILCSIG Census
Online network discussion
Disseminating Job openings on the network
(based on other SIGS referral)
Provided ILCSIG colleagues names for
recommendation to participate in the NAFSA
Executive Leadership Program
As demonstrated through all he points above
6.1 Continue to develop and implement
6.2 Optimize the use of technology to
achieve the objectives of the Association.
Similar goal for ILCSIG
Attempt to identify a server to host our listserv
The most difficult goal
for us to date
6.3 Develop and maintain a database that
Similar ILCSIG goal
Developed a census
Completed an address project
Ongoing
NA
Our group has not decided to have dues so
that dues do not deter potential participants to
be members
Explore the idea duepaying members
Support this NAFSA goal
The workbook is sold at $40.00, which is
basically the cost of the binder, the photocopy
and mailing
To explore having the
workbook published by
NAFSA
Ongoing
an efficient member- and customeroriented administrative system.
supports the strategic objectives of the
Association.
6.4 Achieve substantial growth of nondues revenue and corporate funding while
maintaining an appropriate mix.
6.5 Price NAFSA services, products, and
Web information to reflect current market
conditions and the value of the services to
both members and non-members.
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6.6 Maintain a financially and legally
sound organization at the regional and
national levels.
Supporting this goal for NAFSA
The cost of the workbook has been basically
kept low so as to make it available to many
people
To explore having the
workbook published by
NAFSA
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Please limit your narrative report to one page.
Because it is important to enhance the visibility of the ILCSIG at national conferences in order to
validate the ILCs existence and relevance in international education, it is crucial for us to have our
well-thought out proposals to be accepted for presentations at National conferences in order to encourage
and uphold standards for professional practice for individuals and institutions. Furthermore, our proposals
always include a combination of overseas and US presenters representing unique ILCs various models. We
would like therefore to respectfully recommend that NAFSA recognize the SIGs’ endeavors by allotting an
ILCSIG presentation slot at the national conferences.
Respectfully submitted by Liliane C. Koziol March 9, 2016
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