1. Kansas State University & Czech Technical University BEST PRACTICES FOR INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION AND EXCHANGE

2. KSU & CTU – Successful Practices  Local Support  CTU Buddies student group  Airport pick-up  Organized Events  KSU Student Group & Manhattan Community Group  Temporary housing  organized events  support students  Czech students are popular at KSU

3. Successful Practices  Academic Collaboration  KSU Engineering & KSU Architecture, Planning, & Design  Course equivalencies identified  CTU courses offered in English  Program Costs:  Exchange covers Tuition/Fees and Room/Board  Czech Republic is a low-cost destination for KSU students  Prague centrally located in Europe  Strong feedback from students = recruiting future students

4. KSU College of Engineering  Education Abroad not a priority  Faculty/advisors discourage students from pursuing study abroad, or foreign language study (via student feedback)  Only 2 faculty-led study abroad programs from Engineering since 2009  35% of total Engineering participation at CTU  Remaining 65% scattered across 46 programs  Participation no higher than 5% amongst other programs

5. KSU College of Architecture, Planning & Design  Heavily invested in education abroad  Curricular Integration  All students must either study abroad or intern during the 2 nd semester of the 4 th year  Small number of “approved” study abroad program  CTU is among the most affordable of those options

6. KSU & CTU Exchange Joe Milostan, M.A. Kansas State University Office of International Program Study Abroad Director (interim) milosta1@ksu.edu