General Themes
General Themes – Focus Groups
Deans and Cabinet Members – October 2, 2019
Faculty and Staff – October 16, 2019
General/Strategic
- Determine how international education fits into the college’s other strategic priorities
- Leverage International Education in a more strategic way
- Make campus more aware of the International Education office
- Connect to international organizations in Dayton
International Students
- Provide more services to international students focusing on:
- Quality of life
- Academic support
- Integration with American students
- Include immigrants, not just F-1 student
- Reach out to particular groups – i.e., Saudi Arabian students
Internationalizing the Curriculum
- Students need global perspectives, and need to understand global processes, systems and the global marketplace
- Need a curriculum that produces international content for all students
- Make internationalizing the curriculum mandatory; require each division to internationalize courses; support course coordinators and include instructional design staff in the process
- Disconnect Diversity and Global Citizenship – two different thing
Study Abroad
- Every Sinclair student should have some “international” experience
- Develop COIL courses - COIL initiatives provide a chance for Sinclair students to interact and collaborate with students from around the world
- Offer more programs to reflect the interests of students and where they want to study abroad
- Increase diversity of non-white students in study abroad
Partnerships
- Partner with sister colleges from every continent
- Explore exchange programs with other colleges for students
- Establish exchange for faculty
Faculty and Staff
- Provide support for faculty to do Fulbright and study abroad
- Provide for growth and personal development for faculty and staff through international experiences