1. ACE INTERNATIONALIZATION LAB
For University of Maryland, Baltimore
November 6, 2018

2. American Council on Education (ACE)
Umbrella organization
Leadership & advocacy
National & international mission
Mission and Goals
Approximately 1800 institutions
All sectors of U.S. higher education
Membership

3. ACE Center for Internationalization & Global Engagement
Internationalization of colleges & universities
Global engagement of ACE
Higher education advancement worldwide
Programs & Research

4. What is “internationalization”?

5. What Is Internationalization?
Higher education’s engagement with that reality.
Globalization
The movement of people, ideas, goods, capital, services, pollution, and diseases across borders.
Barbara Hill, 2013

6. CIGE Model for Comprehensive Internationalization
A strategic, coordinated process that seeks to align and integrate international policies, programs, and initiatives, and positions colleges and universities as more globally oriented and internationally connected.

7. From UMB
“Deepen and expand local and global engagement by providing health, legal, and social work programs, and engaging in research to promote social justice and improve health.”
“A focused leveraging of institutional expertise and knowledge to tackle systemic problems impacting local and global communities.”
“Providing professional and scientific expertise to the greater community at the local, state, national and international level.”
“We advance the health of the public by investigating the causes, treatments and prevention of human health problems.”

8. The ACE Internationalization Laboratory
An invitational learning community that assists participating institutions in developing capacity, capability, and strategy for comprehensive internationalization.
Involvement lasts months.
Each cohort is institutions.
138 institutions (including you!) have participated.
U.S. and international
All sectors

9. Lab as a Change Process
Colleges & universities are value-driven institutions where words, goals, and mission matter
Put “sense-making” at the center of planning
Honor distributed leadership structure, ideal of shared governance
Recognize different constituencies with different goals
(Jackson Kytle 2012)
McKenna

10. Academic Change Strategies
Lab as a Change Process
Academic Change Strategies
Engage in campus dialogue FIRST
Build climate of support over time
Connect to core institutional mission & values
Develop a leadership team/decision-making process that is viewed as legitimate
Integrate and build on existing programs
McKenna
(Hudzik & McCarthy 2012)

11. See Cohort #16 Lab process timeline
The Lab Process
Each institution forms an internationalization leadership team.
Everyone in this room
Each school team does on-campus work.
An internationalization review
Analysis of the relationship between activities, capacities, & goals
Drafting of an internationalization plan
UMB leadership attends 3 meetings at ACE.
ACE Advisors guide the process.
Site visit
Peer review visit
Monthly conference calls with team leaders
Web chats
See Cohort #16 Lab process timeline

12. Fall 2018: Getting Up and Running
Appointing the committee
Done!
Steering committee meets at least monthly
Site visit
To be scheduled
Probably January
Meet with president, provost, Internationalization Lab team, deans’ council, other appropriate groups to check in on the review process

13. Winter-Summer 2019: The Internationalization Review
A process for EACH SCHOOL for …
Taking stock of current international and global initiatives.
Collecting and analyzing information as a basis for the internationalization report.
Identifying strengths, weaknesses, gaps and possibilities for new strategic activities.
Engaging people across the institution in a discussion of internationalization.

14. Summer-Fall 2019: The Internationalization Report
Variations:
Report on findings of the internationalization review
Report on findings AND recommendations for action
Report on findings, recommended actions, AND an implementation plan (activities, schedule, timeline, resources)

15. Spring 2020: Wrapping Up Peer review visit
ACE Advisor + 2 peer reviewers
Includes review of draft campus report
Mutual learning experience
ACE report to president, provost, committee chairs
Implementation & on-going relationship
Lab 2.0

16. For Consideration: Global Learning Guidelines/Outcomes
Offers a guide for aligning curriculum and other activities with desired goals for students.
Helps prioritize activities in the internationalization plan.
Helps stakeholders understand the impact of institutional activities.
Satisfies accrediting agencies.
McKenna

17. For Consideration: Global Learning Guidelines/Outcomes
What do we want our students to know and be able to do? (knowledge, skills, attitudes)
Where would students acquire this knowledge and these skills and attitudes?
What is our evidence that students are actually achieving these outcomes?
McKenna

18. Benefits of the Lab
Peer-to-peer engagement as part of a learning community
Increased attention to internationalization campus-wide
Regular access to expert consultation & research
Opportunity to learn from the experiences of prior participants
A customized process to meet institutional needs

19. ACE Resources Lab Library Internationalization Toolkit
Lab Briefings
Internationalization Toolkit
Internationalization in Action
See installment on committees
CIGE Insights
Internationalization programs
Lisa re Lab Library

20. Comprehensive internationalization is not just “What are we doing?”…
Final Thoughts
Comprehensive internationalization is not just “What are we doing?”…
Study abroad
International studies (interdisciplinary)
International students and scholars
International business (multi-regional, discipline-based)
Linkages/institutional partnerships and exchanges
Research collaboration
On-line education (virtual study abroad) and internationalized courses
Dual and joint degree programs
Outreach
Area studies programs
Cross-cultural events and training
Foreign language
Etc…….

21. Final Thoughts …Comprehensive internationalization answers
“Why are we doing this?”
Enhancing institutional reputation & competitive position
Preparing students for global citizenship
Making students more competitive in the global marketplace
Generating revenue
Enhancing the research agenda
Making a better, more understanding world

22. “What do we want our institution to be?”
Final Thoughts
Comprehensive internationalization addresses
“What do we want our institution to be?”
Comparison of our institution to others through a review of internationalization efforts at similar institutions.
Developing the human capital of our faculty, staff, and students.
Finding our hidden treasures and celebrating successes.

23. Questions?