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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: 2012/13 ANNUAL REPORT

Beloit College

Committee on International Education The Committee on International Education serves as the advisory body to the Office of International Education. In the area of study abroad, it reviews proposals for new programs and program changes, selects students for study abroad programs, and reviews and recommends policies. Additionally, the Committee addresses international student concerns, curricular issues, faculty and staff development, and other matters related to international education. 2012/13 members:

Josh Hall (Economics), Committee Chair

Lisa Anderson-Levy (Anthropology)

Christina Eddington (ESL)

Carl Mendelson (Geology)

Oswaldo Voysest (Modern Languages and Literatures)

Lisl Walsh (Classics)

Elizabeth Brewer (International Education)

Geyuan Tian, Academic Senate Student Representative

Teng Liu, International Student Representative

In addition to evaluating applications for study abroad, the Committee

Discussed strategies to encourage more students to consider studying off-campus, including through outreach to students, faculty, and parents. The Office of International Education (OIE) webpages on off-campus study were subsequently redesigned to make them more userfriendly, and a section on diversity and identity was added. A section on athletes and offcampus study is under development;

Selected recipients of enhancement and winter project grants and recommended refinements to project grant selection criteria;

Recommended changes to policy language concerning study abroad financing. The new language is reflected in the OIE webpages;

Reviewed and endorsed a cooperation agreement with Sogn og Fjordane University College allowing for a visiting student program. The agreement is now in effect;

Identified two areas of inquiry for the self-study of international education to be conducted in fall 2013: 1) international student integration, and 2) study abroad, teaching, and learning;

Experimented with a rubric to determine what students are gaining from presenting in the International Symposium and determined that a different rubric, perhaps more aligned with the study abroad reflective essay rubric, would be more effective;

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Discussed ways to better align study abroad options with fiscal realities and educational philosophies. The discussion led to the adoption of new language to describe study abroad options. Additionally, the off-campus study fair will now take place the same day of the International Symposium and focus on student learning, rather than program options;

Successfully experimented with a rubric adapted from the AAC&U LEAP rubrics to assess study abroad learning outcomes.

2013/14 faculty members:

Chuck Drury (Theater)

Chris Fink (English)

Shawn Gillen (English)

John Kaufman (Theater)

Laura Parmentier (Chemistry)

Lisl Walsh (Classics)

Jane Choi, International Student Representative

TBA, Academic Senate Student Representative INITIATIVES Faculty and Curriculum Development Activities

May 2013 workshop to use teaching and advising to help students integrate their study abroad into their on-going studies and personal development. 18 participants. (funding from Labs Across the Curriculum)

Caribbean Initiative (funding from Labs Across the Curriculum)

workshops, public presentation, and class visits by Amina Meeks, Jamaican story teller class visits and public lecture by anthropologist Kaifa Roland, author of Cuban Color in

Tourism and La Lucha: An Ethnography of Racial Meaning tour of the Haitian art collection, Milwaukee Museum of Art

Study Abroad Site visits

Copenhagen: DIS (Danish International Studies) and the University of Copenhagen: Suzanne Cox (Psychology, Health and Society), Jennifer Droege (LAPC), Katie Johnson (Biology, Health and Society), and Tim Schmiechen (Athletics) (funding from the Presidential Initiatives)

CIEE International Faculty Development Seminar

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Natalie Gummer (Religious Studies), 21st-Century Megacities and Villages, India (funding from the Weissberg Human Rights Program)

Individual Grants for Curriculum Development

Chris Johnson (Dance), to develop a dance focused on social justice and to travel to Prague where the piece will be performed by Beloit College students in the New Prague Dance Festival (funding from the Weissberg Program in Human Rights)

Chris Johnson (Dance) and John Kaufman (Theater), to travel with two students to Jamaica to develop a field school in the arts (funding from the Presidential Initiatives)

Rob LaFleur (History), to travel to southwestern China to develop a course on (East) Asian Ethnicities (funding from the Asian Studies Initiative)

Kate Linnenberg (Sociology), to access University of Michigan Online China Database to help students investigate the impacts of China's one-child policy in a course on Global Family Issues (Asian Studies Initiative)

Debra Majeed (Religious Studies), to travel to Hong Kong to conduct research and develop a course on Islam in Hong Kong

Bill New (Education and Youth Studies), to travel to Slovakia and Czech Republic to develop a course on Roma Children's Rights (funding from the Freeman Asian Studies Initiative and the Weissberg Human Rights Program)

Diep Phan (Economics), Rachel Ellett (International Relations), and Chris Fink (Creative Writing) to travel to Vietnam to develop case studies on land tenure and land conflict for courses in economics and international relations (Weissberg Human Rights)

John Rapp (Political Science), to travel to Hong Kong to develop possibilities for teaching collaborations with faculty members at Lingnan University and to conduct research for a biography of Rev. Issachar J. Roberts (Asian Studies Initiative)

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK International Education Week is a vehicle for celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange and takes places each November at colleges and universities across the U.S. round the world. The week was initiated by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education. The centerpiece of the week as celebrated at Beloit College is the International Symposium. The November 2012 celebration and Beloit College featured:

Mapping the world. A hands-on events in which students create visual representations of their experiences abroad.

International Poetry Reading. Poems in their original languages read by members of the Beloit College campus community

International Symposium. Day-long event of presentations by students on their international experiences

Karaoke Night. Sponsored by the International Student Club.

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Also scheduled:

meals from around the world served throughout the week in Commons

displays in the Beloit College Library Unfortunately, the Ivan and Janice Stone annual lecture, normally held the evening of the International Symposium, had to be cancelled due to death in the lecturer’s family. The lecture honors the memories of Prof. Ivan Stone and his wife Janice Shrimpton Stone, who helped create and sustain Beloit College’s international program. Weissberg Program in Human Rights The mission of the Weissberg Program in Human Rights is to prepare Beloit College students to engage critically with human rights and develop effective and responsible strategies that promote and defend human dignity. Here we report on:

Fall Forum Weissberg Chair Weissberg Scholars Job Shadowing Faculty Development

FALL FORUM The Weissberg Program Fall Forum helps students develop an imagination for how their studies and other activities might equip them to pursue careers related to human rights. The Forum includes a career panel with recent alumni as well as the annual Weissberg Lecture. The Forum is held in September to set the stage for engagement with human rights over the academic year.

Pre-Forum Workshop: Social Entrepreneurship & Human Rights Aggregating information on human rights in supply chains for corporations as a profit-driven human rights initiative. Facilitators: Samir Goswami’98 & Brian Morelo’85, Director, CELEB

Career Panelists

Corey Barber’07, global health advocate and coordinator, Stop-TB Forum

Elsbeth Pollack’09, educator and program facilitator, BorderLinks

Colin O’Neil’08, regulatory policy analyst, Center for Food Safety

Samir Goswami’98, consultant and former director of Corporate Responsibility for LexisNexis

Weissberg Lecture

Adam Koons’76, “Humanitarian Response: Human Rights Meet Reality”

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WEISSBERG CHAIR The Weissberg Chair is an annual appointment of a prominent individual active in addressing human rights on the international stage. It is a signature program of Beloit College.

2013 Theme: Human Rights in Latin America Weissberg Chair: Diego Garcia-Sayan, President, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in residence April 7-13, 2013

Keynote address: “Current Challenges to Democracy and Human Rights in Latin America” Conference: “Rule of Law, Transitional Justice, and Transition to Peace” Post-residency lecture: “Human Rights in Latin America: The Way Forward,” Chicago Global Affairs Council

Preparatory events

Yuyanapaq. To Remember, Photo Exhibit commissioned by the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Accompanied by a lecture by Peruvian photo-journalist, Nancy Chappell, February 2013

Human Rights Film Festival, with funding from the United States Institute for Peace. Organizer: Hana Vackova’15, February-March 2013

Student Reading Group

WEISSBERG SCHOLARS Scholars are selected on the basis of their potential to fulfill the mission of the Weissberg Program, as evidenced by their studies and other experiences and their plans for future engagement. Scholars are eligible for grants to support hands-on engagement in human rights over winter and summer semester breaks, and since 2011/12, have generally been named scholars as second semester sophomores.

Scholars beginning degree studies in August 2011

Hana Vackova, Czech Republic

Namoonga Mantina, Zambia

Scholars named in spring 2012

Kidan Araya’13

Amanda Lawnicki’14

Alen Keric'14

Scholars named in spring 2013

Matej Jungwirth’15

Allison Smith’15 WEISSBERG FELLOWS

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Graduating seniors are eligible to become Weissberg Fellows and receive funding to support post-graduation activities that will help pursue careers related to human rights.

Kidan Araya’13: environmental justice, food policy and access, community resource management

Diana Gutierrez-Meza’13: health-based approaches to protecting and promoting minority women’s rights

Emily Johnson’13: people-centered conservation; participatory research and development

Kyle Dallman’13: the implications of South Africa’s racial politics for human rights

Kun (Cleo) Zhang’13: HIV/AIDS in China

WEISSBERG STUDENT PROJECT GRANTS Grants support independent, hands-on experiences with human rights during winter and summer semester breaks and are awarded on a competitive basis.

Winter

Megan Slavish'14: to attend the American Public Health Association Conference in San Francisco

Kun (Cleo) Zhang'13: to intern with Asia Catalyst in New York Summer

Yoon Cho ’13: To study Myanmar’s Road to Democratization in Yangon, Myanmar

Dongping Jing ’15: to intern with the U.S. fund for UNICEF in New York

Karen Jones ’15: to serve as a fellow for Unite for Sight Global Impact, Accra, Ghana

Matej Jungwirth ’15: to intern with Project Hope, Israel

Yixuan Ping’15: to study village ecology and the reproduction of labor in Hunan, Yunan, Gansu and Henan Provinces, China

JOB SHADOWING Four students engaged in job-shadowing in San Francisco over the 2013 spring break to better understand the variety of ways human rights can be addressed professionally. Part of a larger group of Beloit job-shadowers, they stayed with and shadowed Beloit alumni. Job shadowing will take place in Minneapolis/St. Paul in March 2014.

Yasmin Rodriguez’15

Tatiana Rosario’15

Geyuan Tian’14

Rhiannon Decker’15 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT The Weissberg Program supports opportunities for faculty members’ professional development. In 2012/13, a competition was held and three awards made. In 2013/14, the Weissberg Program will support a faculty seminar on Contemporary Cuba: Human Rights, U.S.-Cuba Relations and Exchange, and Beyond.

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2012/13 grants:

Land Tenure and Land Conflict in Vietnam: Case Study Development. Rachel Ellett (Political Science/International Relations), Chris Fink (Creative Writing), Diep Phan (Economics)

Roma Children’s Rights. Bill New (Education and Youth Studies)

Dance as an agent of social change – women and power structures in America and the Czech Republic. Chris Johnson (Theater, Dance, and Media Studies)

21st Century Indian Megacities and Villages: CIEE International Faculty Development Seminar. Natalie Gummer (Religious Studies)

STUDY ABROAD

2012/13 Study Abroad Updates Enrollment Trends:

Study abroad enrollment dipped to 113 students in 2012/13 (110 for one semester, 3 for the academic year). However, projected enrollment for 2013/14 is 143 students. Letters and brochures were sent to the parents of admitted students and rising sophomores in summer 2012 and summer 2013 to encourage awareness.

STUDY ABROAD ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

Highlights:

While study abroad enrollments in 2012/13 were the lowest in 9 years, they will reach a more

normal range in 2013/14.

Study abroad rates by gender are consistent with past years, with females studying abroad at

roughly twice the rate as men.

Study abroad in Asia and Oceania is above national norms, and is increasing in Europe. This

reflects the Beloit College curriculum and the emphasis on integrating study abroad with

students’ on-going studies.

The average semester tuition cost of study abroad in 2012/13 was $9,364, considerably higher

than the $6,683 spent per student in 2011/12. The increase was due to the high volume of

enrollments in provider programs as well as study abroad program tuition increases. In

2013/14, the average will be around $7,270.

1. Study Abroad Semester and Academic Year Enrollment 1971/72-2013/14

2. Study Abroad by Gender

3. Study Abroad by Ethnicity and Citizenship

4. Athletes and Study Abroad

5. Study Abroad Regional Destinations

6. Study Abroad by Program Type

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7. Study Abroad by Program

8. Study Abroad by Department

9. Withdrawals

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2. Study Abroad by Gender

This breakdown by gender is consistent with data from recent years and with trends at liberal arts

colleges. Nationally, in 2011/12, 35.6% of study abroad participants were male.

3. Study Abroad by Ethnicity

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Study Abroad Semester and Academic Year Enrollment

1971/72 - 2013/14

Number of Students

Study Abroad by Gender

female male unlisted

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31% male

2012/13

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U.S Minority students: Non-Hispanic Black: 2, Hispanic Black: 3, Latino: 8, Asian 1

In 2013/14, this distribution is expected to be U.S. Minority: 10%, International 7%, and U.S. Majority

83%.

4. Athletes and Study Abroad

Expressed as a percentage of study abroad, 22% of study abroad students in 2012/13 had played a

varsity sport for one or more semesters. This percentage is projected to be 36% in 2013/14. Male

athletes, are much less likely to study abroad than female athletes.

4. Study Abroad Regional Destinations

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2012/13 Off-Campus Study by Ethnicity and Citizenship

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The most recent national figures of study abroad region are for 2011/12: 54.6% Europe, 14.6% Latin

America, 11.7% Asia, 4.8% Oceania, 5.1% Africa, 1.8% Middle East, 0.6% North America, and 6.8%

Multiple Destinations.

Beloit College enrollment patterns are largely driven by the curriculum, the fields of study students will

focus on while abroad, and a preference for university enrollment. As a result, study abroad in Europe

and more specifically the UK has recently increased, and this trend is expected to continue. This is also

true of study abroad in Oceania (and in particular, Australia and New Zealand).

Lower overall lower study abroad enrollment permitted higher than normal enrollment in provider

programs. However, this is not sustainable over the long-run, and thus steps were taken to lower the

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Study Abroad Regional Destinations2012/13

Europe

South or Central America

Asia

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Africa

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Multiple Destinations

2012-13 Study Abroad by Program Type

Beloit Programs and ISEPExchanges

Direct Enrollmentincluding ISEP

Provider Programs

47%

21%

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volume of this kind of study abroad in 2013/14. Going forward, the target for study abroad through

provider programs will be 40 semesters/year.

6. Study Abroad Enrollment by Program

Program Location Fall Spring AY Total Totals by Program

Type

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Beloit and ISEP

Exchanges

China 4 4

Ecuador 1 5 6

Germany 1 1

France 1 1

Iceland 1 1 25

Japan 1 2 1 4

Malta 1 1

Morocco 1 1

Russia 3 3

Turkey 2 1 3

ISEP Direct

Australia 2 2

Chile 2 2

Costa Rica

1 1 10

Ghana 2 2 4

Ireland 1 1

Direct Enrollment

Australia 1 1

Belgium 1 1

Costa Rica

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Hungary 1 1

Ireland 1 1

Israel 1 1

Italy 1 1 28

New Zealand

2 4 6

Norway 1 1 2

Russia 1 1

South Korea

1 1

Spain 1 1

United Kingdom

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Provider 2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14**

ACM 5 6 1 1 4 4 6

CIEE 11 13 9 11 12 11 9

DIS 7 3 6 1 5 16 3

IES 19 11 6 4 1 4 2

IPSL 1 2 4 0 0 0 0

SIT 21 8 7 7 11 13 9

Other* 4 7 5 10 5 8 16

Totals 68 50 38 34 38 56 45

*Other in 2012/13 included provider programs in which 1 or 2 Beloit students enrolled: Augsburg

College, CYA, HECUA, ISA, Math in Moscow, St. Olaf College Math in Budapest.

**Projected enrollments. Other in 2013/14 includes 3 students enrolled in the AMIDEAST Rabat program

and 3 in a Minnesota Studies in Development program in India.

10. Study Abroad by Department

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Studio ArtWomen & Gender Studies

ChemistryComputer Science

Religious StudiesUndeclared

MathematicsTheater Arts

ClassicsLiterary Studies

Interdisciplinary StudiesGeology

Education & Youth StudiesPolitical Science

SociologyHistory

AnthropologyHealth & Society

BiologyInternational Relations

PsychologyEnglish

Modern Languages

Study Abroad by Department 2012-13

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Note: An additional four applicants who did not subsequently study abroad are not included here, as the

program to which they applied was cancelled. The total number of applicants for study abroad in

2012/13 was 140, but that number was changed to 136 for the purposes of this chart.

Short-term study abroad:

The Ethnographic field school was held for a second time in Jamaica in May 2013 and enrolled 8 students. Instructors: Lisa Anderson-Levy, Nancy Krusko (Anthropology). Chris Johnson (Dance) and John Kaufman (Theater) visited Jamaica while the field school was in session to explore opportunities in the arts, now planned for May 201 when the ethnographic field school will repeat.

With funding from LABS Across the Curriculum, the Weissberg Program, and the Freeman Foundation-supported Asian Studies project, Bill New (Education) and students traveled to Slovakia and Czech Republic over the spring 2013 semester break. The students were enrolled in Professor New’s interdisciplinary course on Roma Children’s Rights.

Program cancellations:

Comparative Religion in Morocco. This semester-long program planned for fall 2013by Debra Majeed (Religious Studies) did not have sufficient enrollments to run. Instead, Prof. Majeed will supervise 4 students’ research projects and travel to Morocco over the fall break to work directly with the students. The students are located in Rabat (AMIDEAST program) and Ifrane (University of Al-Akhawayn).

Partnership development:

Eötvös Collegium, Hungary. No applications were received for the Eötvös Collegiumfor a second year in a row. HoweverShawn Gillen (English) and Amy Sarno (Theater) received funding from LABS Across the Curriculum to develop courses in creative writing and theater that will spend three weeks in Hungary (creative writing) and in Hungary and Serbia (theater) in May 2014. The courses will begin in the second half of the spring semester. The Eötvös Collegium will host the course students and instructors in Budapest.

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Percent of Approved Applicants who Withdrew from Study Abroad, 2007-

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Henan University, China. President Scott Bierman, Daniel Youd (Modern Languages and Literatures),and Elizabeth Brewer (International Education) attended the 100th anniversary celebration of Henan University, Beloit College’s partner in Kaifeng.

Lingnan University, Hong Kong. John Rapp (Political Science) traveled to Lingnan University over the fall break to discuss possibilities for collaboration. Prof. J. C. Wong, Chair of the Political Science Department, subsequently gave a lecture via Skype on in Prof. Rapp’s Democracy in East Asia course. While in Hong Kong, Prof. Rapp also conducted research for a biography of the American missionary Rev. Issachar J. Roberts. Debra Majeed (Religious Studies) visited Lingnan Univeristy while conducting research on Islam in Hong Kong for a course she will teach on that topic in fall 2013.

Paul Stanley (Physics) will teach a course at Lingnan University on the Physics of Asian Music while on sabbatical in fall 2013.

Sogn og Fjordane University College, Norway. A cooperation agreement was signed allowing for a visiting student program. Beloit College students can participate in the From Mountain to Fjord program in the fall and Geohazards and Climate Change in the spring.

Danish International Studies (DIS), Denmark. Suzanne Cox (Psychology), Jennifer Droege (Liberal Arts in Practice), KatieJohnson (Biology) and Tim Schmiechen (Athletics) participated in an internationaleducators workshop sponsored by DIS in spring 2013. While in Denmark, they also visited the University of Copenhagen.

Study abroad options:

The list of study abroad options was modified to add options more closely fitting departmental curricular priorities and to eliminate options less appropriate. The options are available on the Office of International Education website under My Major Beyond Beloit.

Study abroad integration:

19 faculty members participated in a 3-day May workshop on Integrating Study Abroad into the Curriculum. Darren Kelly, a cultural geographer based in Ireland, helped facilitate the workshop.

Assessment:

A team of 12 faculty, staff, and students participated in a workshop in March to apply rubrics to study abroad reflective essays. A summary of the findings appears in a separate section of this annual report and will also be published as part of a case study on the Forum on Education Abroad website.

Study Abroad Learning Outcomes In spring 2013, members of the Committee on International Education were joined by other faculty, staff, and students for a workshop to evaluate what students are learning when they study abroad. Russ Cannon (Institutional Research) helped facilitate the session. Workshop participants used rubrics adapted

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from the AAC&U’s LEAP Initiative to analyze sets of reflective essays written by students following their study abroad experiences. The essay prompts:

1. What were your original learning goals for study abroad? How did they change? 2. What conditions and actions by you and others influenced your ability to achieve the

goals? 3. How did your learning abroad intersect with your studies at Beloit College, past and

future? 4. Discuss experiences abroad, small or large, which were especially meaningful and

memorable. Explain why and how these will have a lasting effect on you. 5. How did your experiences abroad, including others’ perceptions of you, impact how you

think about yourself and your relationship to society? 6. In three sentences or fewer, how would you describe your study abroad experience to a

future employer or graduate school admissions office

Two kinds of learning outcomes were assessed:

the development of life-long learning skills (ability to transfer knowledge and skills from one situation to another, reflect on multiple interrelated factors in past and future, and understand one’s own as well as others’ roles in learning)

intercultural development (cultural self-knowledge, knowledge of other cultural frameworks)

Each set of essays was evaluated using scores from 0 (low) to 3 (high) for each rubric sub-category. Very few scores of 3 for any of the sub-essays were assigned. At the other extreme, some essay sets received all 0s, or 0s and an occasional 1 across the rubric sub-categories, when students simply did not invest in the reflective exercise.

Transfer Reflection Ownership Cultural Self-Knowledge

Other’s Cultural Frameworks

Across program types

1 1.310 1.3148 .949 .6759

Exchange 1.148 1.57 1.24 .87 .83

Direct/Visiting Student

1 1.37 1.2857 1.309 .76

Provider .93 1.175 1.38 .858 .6

Scores were highest for ownership (multiple interrelated factors in past and future), closely followed by reflection (recognition of the student’s and others’ roles in learning, strategizing to achieve goals), and then transfer (of skills, abilities, theories, or methodologies from one context to another). Consistent with findings in some of the literature on study abroad learning outcomes, scores for intercultural knowledge

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and competence were lowest. Evidence of cultural self-knowledge was higher than knowledge of cultural world frameworks, an unsurprising finding given the tendency of travel, sojourns, and study abroad to teach one about oneself.

As Beloit College offers a variety of study abroad opportunities, an analysis was undertaken by program type (exchange, visiting student/direct enrollment, provider) to see if the outcomes differed. Differences were indeed found, with scores for transfer distinctly higher for exchange and visiting students than students enrolled in provider programs, and scores for reflection highest among exchange students. Scores for ownership, however, were higher for students enrolled in provider programs. No significant differences were found in scores for intercultural knowledge and competence

In addition to findings suggested by the scores, what came through in the analysis were the stories the students were telling about their experiences abroad. While the ways in which these emerged differed (some students engaged more deeply with a particular prompt than others), the 4th prompt in particular about an “impactful experience” allowed students to be selective and specific in their responses and to articulate where and how the learning had taken place. This was satisfying, as one of our objectives in approaching the assessment of learning outcomes was to use a method that would benefit the students themselves, while also giving the college information to guide practice.

On the basis of the findings, two questions on the study abroad application were simplified, and more attention is being paid in advising about study abroad to cultivating critical reflection and connection-making.

Study Abroad Scholarships and Grants SCHOLARSHIPS $21,452 was distributed in 2012/13 to 24 students in the form of scholarships to help support the additional costs associated with study abroad such as international travel. Awards ranged in size from $500 to $1,500, with higher awards going to students spending a full academic year abroad. Most awards ranged from $700 to $900. Students with high financial need were automatically considered for the scholarships; no separate application was required. Funding for the scholarships came from the following sources:

Ivan and Janice Stone Trust: supports any form of study abroad Daniel and LaVern Hoener Schroeder Endowed International Program Fund: restricted to Beloit College programs John E. and Sally S. Burris Endowed Scholarship for International Studies: supports any form of study abroad Class of 2008 Off-Campus Education Endowed Fund: supports both domestic off-campus study and study abroad

In 2003/14, the projected amount to be spent on study abroad scholarships is $14,600. Unfortunately, we do not anticipate making any Stone scholarship awards in future years, but are hoping to identify other sources in order to be able to continue to make study abroad financially feasible for students. Stone funding will continue to support the Annual Stone Lecture, however.

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Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships These scholarships, administered by the U.S. Department of State, support study abroad for students who demonstrate financial need, have strong rationales for their study abroad, and have identified a service project they will carry out post-study abroad to promote international education and the Gilman scholarship. The program places priority on diversifying study abroad in terms of student profiles and study abroad destinations. The following students received Gilman Scholarships in 2012/13:

Amanda Lawnicki – Russia Catilin Rankin – Iceland Emily Stark - United Kingdom Carolyn Stransky - Turkey Emily Summers – Uganda Maxwell Zapf-Geller - India

Grants for Independent Study Projects Every year students are invited to apply for grants that will enable them to carry out independent projects that will enhance their studies while also enabling them to gain hands-on experience addressing an issue of particular interest to them. In 2012/13 $16,808 was awarded to 17 students from the following sources:

International Education: to add an applied dimension to students’ international education during winter and summer semester breaks. $10,558, 8 students.

Weissberg Human Rights: to give students hands-on experience in the field of human rights as preparation for further study, action, and careers during winter and summer semester breaks. $4,710, 4 students.

Enhancement Grants: to support projects during study abroad that will deepen students’ engagement with their host communities. $1,540, 5 students.

DOMESTIC OFF-CAMPUS STUDY

All domestic off-campus study programs used by Beloit College involve opportunities to practice the

liberal arts through internships and/or research.

The current target enrollment for domestic off-campus study is 15 semesters over an academic year. In

prior years, program tuition cost and the budget for off-campus study (abroad and domestic) allowed for

a target enrollment of 20, although changes in ACM program offerings negatively affected domestic off-

campus participation rates in 2007/08 and 2008/09.

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This distribution by program sponsor is virtually identical, with the Sea Education Association substituting

for the HECUA. American University sponsors the Washington Semester Program, HECUA a Writing for

Social Change Program in Minneapolis, and the Sea Education Association the Sea Semester program.

However, enrollments vary from 2012/13 and 2013/14 in terms of specific ACM program enrollments:

2012/13 2013/14 2013/14

ACM Newberry 3

ACM/GLCA Oak Ridge 2

ACM Business 4

ACM Urban Arts 1 2

ACM Urban Education 1 1

ACM Urban Studies 4

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2012/13 DOMESTIC OFF-CAMPUS STUDY BY PROGRAM SPONSOR

ACM American University Hecua

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROGRAMING AND ENROLLMENTS Beloit College’s Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) recertification petition for its F-

program was approved in December 2012. The F-1 program allows the college to issue the documents

needed for degree students to obtain student visas.

Programming

• Orientation for new international degree and exchange students (August, January)

• Welcome receptions at the start of each semester at World Affairs Center building (Fall) and Java Joint

(Spring) for international students and returning study abroad students

• Host family allows international students and members of the local area to get to know each other.

Events in 2013/14 included a host family picnic in late August for new international students, a winter

clothing distribution, a Christmas party, and a January potluck for new international students. Survey

Monkey was used to gather feedback on the program from host families in order to improve it. We are

grateful to Al and Phyllis Wendorf for their 15 years of service to the program as host family coordinators.

For the immediate term, the program will be coordinated by staff members in the Office of International

Education.

• A dozen Beloit College students participated in the Aldrich Middle School Multicultural Fair in February,

hosting information tables on their countries.

• The Office of International Education (OIE) collaborated with the Beloit Public Library to sponsor

“Around the World in Three Saturdays,” with students facilitating interactive sessions on China, France,

Germany and, England. Attendance ranged from 10-40 community participants at each session.

• Sessions on working in the U.S. during studies and after graduation in partnership with Career Services

staff.

• Farewell Ceremonies were held at the Wright Museum for exchange students (December, May).

• Weekly e-mails were sent by Anna Bryan, OIE intern, to new international students about campus-wide

events and volunteer opportunities

• Occasional game nights were held during mid-terms and finals week

English as a Second Language

In addition to offering credit-bearing courses to Beloit College students, the ESL program continued to

offer programming for non-native English speaker community members. In 2012/13 this consisted of

weekly tutoring sessions.

International Club

The International Club had a very successful academic year that included the following events and

awards:

Regular student presentations on their countries and cultures;

Ice skating trip in January

Tastes of the World in late February for the college community and host families;

Campus-wide soccer match between international students and American students in April;

Co-sponsored event with Logan Museum focusing on Native American History in January

Presentation of Study Skills (Fall Semester)

Trip to Skelly’s farm/corn maze in October

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C o-sponsored events/trips/films in conjunction with various clubs and offices

Easter egg hunt (March)

Karaoke night for International Education week (Fall Semester)

Two Craft night at OIE (Christmas and Valentine’s Day)

Trip to Rock Cut State Park

2012/13 International Student Enrollments

Student Status M F Subtotal Total

Non-Degree Seeking

Fall only 2 5 7

21 Spring only 2 4 6

Full Year 5 3 8

Degree Seeking

Spring only 1 5 6 118

Full Year 44 68 112

Total 139

Fall 2012 new student enrollments: 25 degree, 16 non-degree

Spring 2013 new student enrollments: 5 degree, 6 non-degree

Fall 2013 new student enrollments: 27 (13 degree, 14 non-degree).

International Student Enrollment over Time

Enrollment figures are for fall semesters.

The estimated total enrollment of international students in fall 2013/14 is 113.

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The most recent national figures for undergraduate international student enrollments are from 2011/12

and show: Asia: 60%, Latin America: 11%, Europe: 10.5%, Middle East: 7%, Africa: 6%, N. America: 4%,

Oceania: .8%. Source: Open Doors 2012.

In 2013/14, as of late August 2013, the percentages of students by region are Asia: 72%, Europe: 13%,

Latin America: 9%, and Africa: 6%.

The majority of students from Europe are exchange students, with a few exchange students helping to

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