ENGAGING A UNIVERSTY’S LEADERSHIP TEAM IN ELEVATING GLOBAL LEARNING

ENGAGING A UNIVERSTY’S LEADERSHIP TEAM IN ELEVATING GLOBAL LEARNING GS-106 Ed Rugg, Dan Papp, Lynn Black & Barry Morris Kennesaw State University http://vic.kennesaw.edu

Developing the global competenciesof all university students is one of the most important educational imperatives of the 21st century. But enlisting a university’s central administration in that effort is a daunting challenge for many international educators.

Kennesaw State University’s Quality Enhancement Plan:Global Learning for Engaged Citizenship Presidential and Cabinet-led Leadership is a Key to Success Panel Introductions

First, a Conversation on 10 Notable Leadership Tactics • Please hold your questions until after the 10 tactics are discussed by the panel

#1 Leveraging an Institution’s Interest in Reaccreditation to Advance Global Learning • Taking up where ACE’s Global Learning for All Initiative left off in KSU’s plans to elevate global learning campus-wide

#2 Broadening the Definition of Expected Global Competencies Beyond the Traditional Focus on Foreign Language and Study Abroad • Knowledgeable Global Perspectives • Effective Intercultural Engagement Skills • Global Citizenship Attitudes

#3 Enlisting Active and Committed Presidential Leadership • A new signal caller entered the game in the fourth quarter, and the QEP team became a winner

#4 Clarifying the Plan’s Purpose and Supporting Goals

#5 Incorporating the QEP and Global Learning into KSU’s Mission Statement and Strategic Plan

#6 Assigning Each Member of the President’s Cabinet Oversight Responsibilities for Achievement of Specific QEP Goals • As the evaluators observed, these goal assignments made the QEP’s success eveyone’s business

#7 Appointing a Global Learning Coordinator in Every College and the Student Success Division

#8 Creating a Comprehensive and Detailed 5-Year Plan for Achieving the QEP’s Purpose and Goals • The SACS guidelines for an acceptable QEP required a highly systematic and comprehensive approach to planning, implementation and assessment

#9 Hiring a University Administrator and International Educator to Coordinate the QEP’s Campus-wide Implementation

#10 Establishing the Global Learning Coordinating Council

To Sum Up… • Leverage opportunities like accreditation to build a comprehensive plan for global learning that commands university-wide attention • Enlist active and committed presidential leadership

And… • Incorporate goals for global learning into the institution’s vision, mission and strategic plan and expect those goals to receive Cabinet-led leadership and facilitation

And Finally… • Expand and coordinate centralized and decentralized administrative leadership for the elevation of global learning across all educational divisions, within and beyond the classroom, and in local as well as international settings

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ENGAGING A UNIVERSTY’S LEADERSHIP TEAM IN ELEVATING GLOBAL LEARNING