INTERNATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FACULTY:
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
Kerri Spiering, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President
Equity, Diversity & Global Outreach
February 18, 2010
Students and Study Abroad
• ACE data show that between 50-75% of first
years want an international experience
• Their parents want them to go
• Most students can actually afford to go
• Their employers want them to have global
competencies
• But nationally only about 3% of students
study abroad
Why Don’t More Faculty Participate?
• Lack of tenure and promotion policy
• Lack of room in the curriculum
• “Expertise anxiety” vis à vis:
– Program design and management
– Unfamiliarity with culture
– Ignorance/lack of knowledge/misinformation
North Dakota State University
Mission:
With energy and momentum, North Dakota
State University addresses the needs and
aspirations of people in a changing world by
building on our land-grant foundation
North Dakota State University
Vision:
We envision a vibrant university that will be
globally identified as a contemporary
metropolitan land-grant institution
Equity, Diversity & Global Outreach
The division is charged
with working to elevate
the university's current
international initiatives
and programs and
develop new ones,
enhance the university's
global recognition and
strengthen the
university's activities and
policies on international
research and education.
Global Outreach
Making this vision a reality has required a
multifaceted approach and the development
of an appropriate infrastructure. Efforts to
meet these objectives are ongoing.
INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Fulbright Program
• Traditional Fulbright Program: www.cies.org
• Distinguished Chairs Program,
http://www.cies.org/Chairs/
• Specialist Program:
http://www.cies.org/specialists/
IREX
• Individual Advanced Research Opportunities
• Short-term Travel Grants Program
• U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist Program
NDSU
Has global partnerships in 35 countries
around the world.
NDSU University Partnership Opportunities
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China
India
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea
Nigeria
Turkey
Uganda
Korea
• Chungnam National University: Summer
program; Provide airfare, housing and small
salary
• Chonbuk National University: Summer
program; Provide airfare, housing and small
salary
Kazakhstan
• Ph.D. Committee Member
– Funding for student to come to US once
– Funding for faculty member to travel to student’s
university twice
• Partner Institutions: Almaty Technological
University, Eurasian National University, Kazakh
National University, Kazakh National Agrarian
University
Hosting Opportunities
• Kazakhstan’s Bolashak Science Intern Program
• Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program,
http://www.cies.org/vs_scholars/vs_awards/
• Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program,
http://www.cies.org/sir/
• Occasional Lecture Fund, http://www.cies.org/olf/
• Scholar Rescue Fund, www.scholarrescuefund.org
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU
Kerri Spiering, Ph.D., Associate Vice President
Equity, Diversity & Global Outreach
Kerri.spiering@ndsu.edu
http://www.ndsu.edu/vpedgo/associate_vp_edgo_and_global_outreach_home_page/