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Broward College
A Global College with Community Roots
Sankaran P. Raghunathan, PhD
Director- India
Broward College – International Education
sankaran@nms.edu.in
1-678-404-0426
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Congratulations !
You are thinking about India
Welcome
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Greene International Education Institute
• Our focal point for all our efforts in
international education
Mission is “to provide international and intercultural
educational experiences to help students develop
perspectives that will enable them to function effectively
in a multicultural environment and in an interdependent
world …. to pursue linkages with educational
institutions and agencies in other countries in order to
provide for an academic interchange and promote the
improvement of higher education on a global scale.”
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3 Ways to International Education
• Have international students in our campus
• Send our students to study abroad
• Deliver American accredited education in other
countries
Broward does all three
• We have 9000 students born in other countries
• Since 1979, we have sent more than 6500 students
abroad
• Since 1986, we deliver American education in 11
countries across 3 continents
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About Broward College
• Broward College (BC) was founded in 1960 and
is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA (near
Miami).
• BC is among the largest of the 28 colleges in the
Florida state college system and serves more
than 65,000 students in over 100 technical,
career, or academic degree programs.
• In 2013 the prestigious Aspen Institute named
Broward College as one of the top ten
community colleges in the United States.
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Broward College and International Education
• Since 1974 Broward College has been partnering with
colleges and universities throughout the world to provide
American educational opportunities to students who live
outside of the United States.
• The BC International Education program model allows
students to stay in their home country and complete an
Associate’s degree (the first two years of a 4-year U.S.
Bachelor’s degree) before transferring to a university in the
U.S. to finish the final two years of the degree.
• Thousands of international students who have earned a
Broward College Associate’s degree have successfully
transferred to top American colleges and universities to
complete their Baccalaureate degree.
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Description of Partnership Agreements
Categories of formal international
partnership agreements with Broward
College
• academic affiliates
• international centers, and
• Study abroad centers
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Description of Partnership Agreements
• Academic Affiliates are authorized to adopt and utilize the same
academic programs and courses that are offered to students at
Broward College in Florida. Additionally, institutions benefit from
biannual on-site support visits by relevant Broward College faculty
and/or staff.
• International Centers are locations where the academic program or
programs offered at the partnering institution have been approved
by our regional accrediting body, the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
• Students become official Broward College students and their
coursework will appear on a Broward College transcript.
• Once they successfully complete their program requirements, they will
earn a Broward College Associate’s degree.
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Current BC International Affiliates
• International University of Santa Cruz (IUSC), Santa Cruz,
Bolivia
• Kazan National Research Technical University (KNRTU), Kazan,
Russia
• Kuwait Community College (KCC),Jahra, Kuwait
• American College of Spain (ACS), Marbella, Spain
• American College of Dubai (ACD), Dubai
• Wuxi South Ocean College, Wuxi, China
• Shanghai Second Polytechnic University (SSPU), Shanghai,
China
• Xuzhou Kindergarten Teachers College (XKTC), Xuzhou, China
• Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), Beijing, China
• Harbin Engineering University (HEU), Harbin, China
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SACSCOC Approved International Centers
• Broward College conducts programs approved by the
Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools (SACSCOC) where students
register in college credit courses as Broward College
students at five locations:
• Broward Center for American Education(BCAE), Guayaquil, Ecuador
• American College of Higher Education (ACHE), Colombo and
Kandy, Sri Lanka
• Center for Global Education at the Universidad San Ignacio de
Loyola (USIL), Lima, Peru
• Institute for American Education at Vietnamese-American Technical
College (VATC), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• National Management School (NMS), Mumbai, India
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Tangible Benefits
• The Greene Institute has been remarkably entrepreneurial in its
overseas programming.
• Partners have returned significant funds to the College which has
more than covered the cost of sustaining our affiliations.
• Funds accumulated have enabled the Board to create a one million
dollar endowment named after Dr. Greene, for the purpose of
supporting Broward College student’s international study.
• Multiple annual awards totaling more than $200,000 have been
invested in students traveling to our international centers.
• All travel associated with the initiatives of the Institute not only do
not require the expenditure of state tax revenues, they have actually
served to fund student scholarships, encourage faculty in their
academic research, promote the internationalization of the campus
and place the Broward College “brand” on campuses around the
world.
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The Institute has also helped to underwrite international initiatives from funds
generated through study abroad and international affiliations, including:
Summer Study Abroad Scholarship (multiple annual awards totaling approximately
$5,000)
Honors Institute Study Abroad Scholarship (multiple annual awards totaling $5,000)
International Education Endowed Teaching Chair (awarded once in 2009 through the
Broward College Foundation)
Honors Institute International Faculty Travel Award (one award of $2,750 annually)
Underwrite membership and participation in national and state international
organizations
Provide local hospitality for guests and visiting partners who are being trained on
Broward College programs and services
Develop marketing materials for study abroad programs offered by the College
Provide for the salary of an international admissions and registration specialist
Provide for the salary of the study abroad coordinator working in the department
Provide for the salary of the district director for international education
Provide 25 percent of the salary for a virtual librarian for International Center faculty
and students.
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Broward in Asia
• Broward has its International Centers in
Srilanka, India and Vietnam
• These centers deliver the SACS
accredited AA degree program
• Students transfer to the US with the BC
Associate Degree
• All these international centers work within
the framework of the local regulations and
laws
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Broward in India
• The National Management School is a local entity offering
higher education in India
• NMS is an International Center of Broward College
• NMS is also the Study Abroad center of Broward College
in India; a CCIS host institution
• NMS is a recent addition to the Broward family
• The first cohort of 4 students began their program in July
2014
• About 4,000 Indian students join US universities for their
undergraduate program every year
• We believe that through this 2+2 program, since the total
costs are lower, we can enable another 4,000 to
experience the American education
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Student Recruitment, Networking, Partnerships
Student recruitment is the most challenging task. We use the
following methods:
College Board SAT search
Local Education Fair
School visits – IIE and Linden
Local advertisements
Tie ups with local student counseling and recruitment companies
• Local school partnerships are yet to be developed; they are very
hard to come by
• We involve the US Consulate and EducationUSA office in our
efforts
• We use Indian professors who have returned from the US with
their PhDs to teach in our program
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How successful have we been?
• If success means high student enrollments, we are yet to
taste success.
• We believe that it is a long haul to convince the local
Indian parent that this 2+2 route is a respectable,
legitimate, and a proper way for their children to get an
American undergraduate degree and that their children
can transfer to a top US University this way.
• While we have a Study Abroad center in India now and
that is promoted through CCIS to all its member schools,
getting American students to India is also a long shot.
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Lessons learned? Failures?
• Indian students want American education – but in America
and not in India!!
• While we believe that the cost advantage and the 2 additional
years of being closer home are two critical advantages of this
2+2 program, the Indian parent and student are yet to fully
buy into that argument
• Undergraduate student recruitment is very expensive in India.
Minimum investment of $150,000 per year for recruitment
efforts
• Local high schools do not partner easily with us to provide a
pathway to their students to our program
• Broward is yet to sign up transfer articulation agreements with
various US Universities that we can present to our students in
our international centers
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Advice to newcomers
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The Indian regulations do not provide for an American College to set up its
campus; so you need to work with local partners.
Find a partner that has deep pockets and a good local image
Indian families prefer sending their children for Graduate education rather than
undergraduate education – only 10% of the Indian students are seeking
undergraduate studies
The total number of new students is only about 4,000 every year and growing
slowly
If you want to recruit undergraduate students in India, have a big budget and a lot
of lead time
India is a status conscious society; the rank and status of the University/College
will determine how students accept your program
Students and parents want an assurance of the destination University that their
child will eventually transfer to that University
For the 2+2 program, partner with several US Universities in various states so that
the transfer of these students to any of those Universities is guaranteed.
Promote the destination and not the pathway
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Our Plans for the Future
• Offer a multi-national Asian 2 year experience
for our students – India, Srilanka, Vietnam and
China – as they earn the Associate degree
before transferring to the US
• Offer this local cost advantage to American
families to send their children to our centers in
Asia so that our Centers become international
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India has to be experienced
and
not just explained
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Come; Experience India!
Sankaran P. Raghunathan, PhD
1-678-404-0426
91-93803-65272
sankaran@nms.edu.in
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