美国孔院联席会议 Joint Conference of Confucius Institute in U. S. 徐造成 Zao C. Xu, M.D., Ph.D. 美国印第安纳波利斯孔子学院 Confucius Institute in Indianapolis USA Sept Group 4 Report
Excellent programs to elevate the academic credential of CI; Joint Ph. D. program & Ph. D. in China program issues: Change the name to avoid some concerns: Remove “joint”? Fellowship/Grant? Hosting University issues: Expend to partner universities? Research projects issues: Allow the projects beyond the 100 listed ones Confucius China Study Plan
Core teacher issues: Senior lecturer, Assistant Prof. level teaching coordinator; Approved by Oct. 1, at least Dec. 1 each year; Major in Teaching Chinese issues: Nationality issue?? Teacher training, Core Teacher, Major in Teaching Chinese
Name suggestion: (China Day 中国语言文化日 ); Time issue: Sept 19 (China time or U.S. time?) Flexibility: ± one week? Format issue: Independent or join other establish program Chinese Language Day
Headquarter-CI Communication issues: Web site of mailing list Other issues