International Priorities Work Group
Members
Administrators |
Faculty |
Staff |
External/Student |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Vos (co-chair) Roland Specht-Jarvis Sharon Cogdill |
Fati Zarghami (co-chair) Rob Lavenda Kathy Johnson Jim Robinson |
Shahzad Ahmad Corie Beckerman David DiMaria |
Current as of 12/19/07. Subject to change.
Work Group Tools and Resources
Work Group Charge
The International Priorities work group is charged with drafting a recommendation report for how St. Cloud State University can enhance its focus on international programs and expand opportunities for student and faculty international education. The work group should address specifically:
- Process for developing and evaluating country specific plans
- Integrated international recruiting
- Study abroad
- Faculty exchange
- Curriculum
- Funding for program development
- Opportunities for international graduate students
The recommendation report should include the following information, as appropriate:
- Research question(s) and data used as a basis for recommendations
- Situational analysis for SCSU
- State, Regional and National trends
- Best practices from peers and others
- Opportunities for interdisciplinary work
- Key business processes for redesign
- Opportunities to improve effectiveness and efficiency through technology or process improvement
- Opportunities to engage with or impact St. Cloud and Central Minnesota
- Facilities implications
- Technology implications
- Fundraising or grant opportunities
- Curricular or other opportunities
- Impact on enrollment
- Opportunities to enhance campus/community diversity
- Identify items that require additional or more detailed planning efforts
The work group is responsible for generating an open dialogue with SCSU’s internal and external community and will seek out key individuals and committees that may have information relevant to their charge. It is expected that the work groups will maintain a transparent process and stakeholder input will be reflected in the final recommendation report. Work group meetings should be open to the campus community and announced in advance. Work groups should provide updates on the progress of the work groups regularly through the Academic Action Planning web site and blog and should provide at least one process report by February 18, 2008. The recommendation report needs to be submitted by March 14, 2008 and will be used to inform SCSU’s Academic Action Plan and other institutional planning efforts.
