From graff at uwosh.edu Thu Jun 1 12:11:45 2006 From: graff at uwosh.edu (Jenna Graff) Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:11:45 -0500 Subject: [Intl] Call for Proposals-Longitudinal Study Abroad Impact Study Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20060601121054.01bbec10@mail.uwosh.edu> Dear INTL listserv Members: >Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 15:27:42 -0400 >From: Darla Deardorff >To: aieamembers at duke.edu >Subject: aiea: Call for Proposals-Longitudinal Study Abroad Impact Study > >CALL FOR PROPOSALS >Prospectus for Longitudinal Research Study on Impact of Study Abroad >Introduction >The Council on International Educational Exchange, a leading U.S. >not-for-profit international educational exchange organization, seeks a >well-qualified faculty member to serve as CIEE???s research partner in a >fifteen- to twenty-year study designed to explore the long-term impact of >study abroad on multiple cohorts of former CIEE program participants. The >research partner that CIEE identifies will be a faculty member in a social >science discipline, will have an outstanding research record, and will be >able to demonstrate that he or she has the interest, skills, and energy >that will be required to set up and direct this study. He or she will >serve as Project Director, and will collaborate in the study with CIEE???s >Vice President for Academic Affairs. (CIEE will also welcome applications >from two-member faculty teams that propose to work together in carrying >out this study.) >Research Aims of the Study >CIEE seeks to collaborate in a forward-facing longitudinal study with a >dynamic and flexible methodology that is designed to provide compelling >data about the long-range impact of study abroad on former CIEE program >participants. (The Project Director may also choose to include students >who have enrolled in programs operated by his or her institution.) The >proposed study will examine the impact that different types of programs >have, over time, in the lives and careers of former participants. >Faculty members interested in serving as Project Director are asked to >describe the study???s methodology and to identify specific research >questions to be addressed (see the final section here for specific >information about what is required to apply). CIEE is interested in >having the study focus on the following core research questions. The >Project Director may choose to address additional research questions as >well. >Do some types of study abroad experiences correlate positively with career >satisfaction, and with success in one???s chosen career? >Are there learner characteristics that correlate positively with career >success or satisfaction? >Do former study abroad participants show evidence of having acquired >knowledge, perspectives ,and skills that students who did not study abroad >do not acquire? Do such differences vary over time? >Are there skills, perspectives, and knowledge associated with specific >types of study abroad programs that correlate positively with career >success and/or fulfillment? >Are there specific behaviors associated with career success or >satisfaction that former participants exhibit to a greater extent than >those who did not study abroad? >Medical science has benefited enormously from such longitudinal studies. >The highly regarded Framingham Heart Study, for example, has made >important contributions through tracking thousands of subjects from >Framingham, Massachusetts for more than fifty years. The study has >revolutionized medical practice by identifying significant correlations >between a variety of behavioral and environmental factors, on the one >hand, and heart and vascular diseases, on the other. >Funding >CIEE will provide funding of $50,000 per year, renewable annually for two >successive years, during the pilot phase of the study (i.e. a total of >$150,000 during the study???s first three years). These seed grants cannot >be used to pay indirect expenses to the Project Director???s institution. >During the three-year pilot, the Director will be expected to apply for >and secure funding from other sources to cover expenses beyond the third >year. CIEE will assist the Director in his or her efforts to secure this >long-range funding. >Importance of the Study >While study abroad research has been carried out since at least the 1960s, >relatively few rigorous studies were conducted prior to the 1990s. Two >research journals dedicated to study abroad research, the Journal of >Studies in International Education and Frontiers: the Interdisciplinary >Journal of Study Abroad, were launched in the middle of the decade, and a >significant number of sophisticated studies have been carried out since >that time. >At least three factors lie behind this surge of research interest. First, >assessment is taking hold at increasing numbers of colleges and >universities. Parents, accrediting bodies, and state legislators are much >more inclined now than they were even ten years ago to hold institutions >accountable for the quality of their educational programs. Second, many >faculty members and administrators, aware of the growing literature on >learning and teaching, are ???focusing on the learner??? on the home campus >and showing increased interest in documenting student learning abroad as >well. Third, the sheer number of U.S. students going abroad has come to >focus increased attention on the extent to which study abroad provides >value to participating undergraduates. Against the backdrop of a 300% >increase in U.S. study abroad enrollments over the past twenty years, >increasing numbers of faculty are wondering why their institutions are >asking them to send even more of their majors abroad, when it???s not clear >how study abroad is contributing significantly to their education. >A number of recent studies have sought to document the value of study >abroad through pre- and post-testing of students. These studies have >focused on gains in several learning domains traditionally associated with >study abroad: second languages, intercultural sensitivity or competence, >and global awareness. Such studies are providing important insights about >learning abroad, and about some of the environmental and demographic >factors that support such learning. However, evidence of study abroad???s >contribution to second language and intercultural learning is more likely >to impress faculty members in the humanities or social sciences than those >in professional or technical fields. Many faculty members in disciplines >not traditionally associated with study abroad???business, the natural >sciences, and engineering, for example???remain unconvinced that study >abroad can add value to the long-range career prospects of their students. > >CIEE believes that a well-designed longitudinal study, one that traces the >impact of study abroad on several successive groups of former study abroad >participants, will be able to address this need. A recent study, carried >out in 2000, gathered data from students who had participated in study >abroad during the preceding fifty years. This retrospective longitudinal >study has provided valuable insights into some of the ways that study >abroad has impacted student lives and careers. However, based on the >results of a survey of former participants, the study offered a snapshot >of student attitudes about study abroad at a single moment in time???the >year that the survey data was collected. In not testing former >participants over time through a number of surveys, it did not collect >data about changes that subjects were experiencing, and could not trace >the emergence and evolution of new issues and themes. >Application >Interested faculty candidates should, by no later than July 15, 2006, >provide an application that includes the following: >cover letter describing interest and expertise in conducting such research > >curriculum vitae >preliminary three-year budget whose expenses do not exceed $50,000 a year >names of three faculty references who will speak to the candidate???s >suitability for the study >four to six-page proposal that identifies research questions, and details >the methodology and instruments, for the proposed study; the proposal >should also address the following: > --the number of successive cohorts of former participants to be studied, >and the likely number of subjects in each cohort >--how former students who both have and have not studied abroad will be >selected >--what steps will be taken/what incentive will be provided to encourage >selected participants to continue to participate in the study over time >Applicants are also encouraged to send (electronically) a copy of one or >more articles that are representative of their research work. >Send applications, and direct inquiries and sample research articles to: > >Dr. Michael Vande Berg >Chief Academic Officer >CIEE >7 Custom House Street >3rd Floor; >Portland ME 04101 >(mvandeberg at ciee.org) > > >CIEE 7 Custom House Street, 3rd Floor, Portland, ME 04101 >Tel: 1.800.40.STUDY Fax: 207.553.7699 >studyinfo at ciee.org www.ciee.org This message was sent to this listserv by: Jenna Graff Office of International Education Dempsey 146 -------- http://www.uwosh.edu/oie/oie.html Phone: (920)424-0775 Fax: (920)424-0185 To unsubscribe from this list, go to http://lists.uwosh.edu/mailman/listinfo/intl From graff at uwosh.edu Mon Jun 5 09:36:10 2006 From: graff at uwosh.edu (Jenna Graff) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:36:10 -0500 Subject: [Intl] =?iso-8859-1?q?Conference_in_Thessaloniki=2C_Greece=3A__?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=93The_?= Social Role of Universities: Reaching Out to the =?iso-8859-1?q?Community=94?= Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20060605093502.01c9a890@mail.uwosh.edu> Dear INTL Listserv Members: For more information, please contact the EAN Secretariat directly. >It is our pleasure to invite you to the 15th annual conference of the >European Access Network which will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece, 30 >August ? 2 September 2006. The call for papers is now closed but there are >places available on the conference and we hope that you will be able to >join us in Thessaloniki to participate in the sessions. This is a good >opportunity for networking with delegates from Europe as well as >Australia, South Africa and the USA for project collaboration and >exchange. If you have not booked your place on the conference please do so >as soon as possible. > >The conference, ?The Social Role of Universities: Reaching Out to the >Community?, will examine the role of universities and tertiary education >in modern societies as active agents and partners in social change to >achieve diversity and social inclusion. How far can universities go from >their traditional role? Is it within their mission to assume a social >role? What are the implications for teaching, research and financing? > >We have lined up an impressive group of speakers: Prof Dionysis Kladis, >Dean, University of Peloponnesus, Greece, will update on the social >dimension of the Bologna process after Bergen; Prof Marijk van der Wende, >CHEPS, University of Twente, the Netherlands will explore the shift in the >meaning of ?diversity? and the dynamics of the ?traditional university? in >the higher education system; Bernard Hugonnier, Deputy Director for >Education, OECD will provide comparative data on national educational >systems and their capability to support and encourage a social role of >universities; Dr Orlando Taylor, Dean of Graduate School, Howard >University, USA will talk about meeting the challenges on multi-cultural >societies and globalisation ? to name just a few keynote contributions. > >To encourage active participation by our delegates we have put together >the following discussion sessions which we hope will be of interest to you: > >Panel debate: ?What Are Universities For?? > >Panel discussion: ?How to Improve Community Links to Widen Engagement? > >Discussion Forum [International]: What?s wrong with the Guys? This session >addresses the issues on male under-representation in higher education >Led by Tom Mortenson, Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in HE, USA > >Tom Mortenson will present economic, demographic, education and other data >on gender issues in education in the United States. He wants to hear and >discuss how the problem of boys in education is viewed in the other EAN >countries. Is the gender imbalance in higher education an issue in other >countries? If so then what has been the response? How have these >responses been initiated? Who are the leaders in these responses? What >are the depth, breadth and character of the response? What evidence >exists that such responses are working? > > > >Q & A session [European]: What Future for the EU? ? The Lisbon Strategy > > > >Led by Charis Xirouchakis [Council of the European Commission] > >The higher education strand of the Lisbon Strategy calls for modernisation >of higher education and for reforms notably in the areas of curricula, >funding and governance. Education and training are a structural means by >which society can help its citizens to have equitable access to >prosperity, democratic decision-making and individual socio-cultural >development. Access to the updating of skills throughout their lives >therefore becomes a key element in the fight against social exclusion and >in the promotion of equal opportunities in the widest sense. Education and >training systems should aim to contribute to the creation of an inclusive >society by ensuring that structures and mechanisms are in place to remove >discrimination at all levels. Within this context, specific regard has to >be paid to vulnerable groups such as people with special educational needs. > > > >Focus Group discussion [European]: Trends V Project > > > >Led by David Crosier [European Association of Universities] > >The Trends Project is designed to gather reliable information about how >the European Higher Education and Research Areas are being developed >across the continent. After four previous reports prepared for the >bi-annual Bologna meetings of Education Ministers, Trends V aims to gather >information from as many European higher education institutions as >possible in order to assess progress and identify issues that require >further attention. > > > >The work is being undertaken through a questionnaire which has been sent >out to higher education institutions in the 45 countries of the Bologna >Process. The results of this questionnaire will be followed up by other >activities ? national events, institutional site visits and focus groups ? >to ensure that both quantitative and qualitative information is gathered >for the Trends V report. The final report will be presented both at the >4th EUA Convention of Higher Education Institutions in Lisbon, 29-31 March >2007; and at the Summit of Ministers of Education in London, May 2007. > >For more detailed information about the conference provisional programme >and for booking form: www.ean-edu.org >Or contact the EAN Secretariat: m.foong at wmin.ac.uk > >We hope that you will be able to join us in Thessaloniki and we look >forward to seeing you there. > >Best wishes, > >Mee-Foong Lee (Ms) >Executive Secretary >European Access Network This message was sent to this listserv by: Jenna Graff Office of International Education Dempsey 146 -------- http://www.uwosh.edu/oie/oie.html Phone: (920)424-0775 Fax: (920)424-0185 To unsubscribe from this list, go to http://lists.uwosh.edu/mailman/listinfo/intl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Students who received a DAAD grant and would like support from the UW Oshkosh Office of International Education in preparing to transfer credits to UW Oshkosh, use financial aid, etc. should also see http://www.uwosh.edu/oie/support.html >** Download the DAAD "Grants for Study and Research in Germany" booklet as >a PDF or order copies online ** > >The latest edition of DAAD New York's booklet "Grants for Study and >Research in Germany 2007/8" has arrived and we're taking the first orders. >And this year, for the first time ever, the booklet is also available as >an electronic file for you to download instantly! > >This comprehensive catalogue contains all of the grants that the German >Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) currently offers US and Canadian citizens >and is divided into specific categories for undergraduates, graduates, PhD >candidates/postdocs, and faculty. It also includes some general info about >study and research in Germany, as well as information about other >organizations of interest--including other funding organizations. We also >have a bilingual version for students and scholars from Canada. > >To request print copies of the booklet (and any other DAAD publications) >please fill out the online order form at >www.daad.org/page/publications/. The document is also available to >download from that same webpage. This message was sent to this listserv by: Jenna Graff Office of International Education Dempsey 146 -------- http://www.uwosh.edu/oie/oie.html Phone: (920)424-0775 Fax: (920)424-0185 To unsubscribe from the INTERNATIONAL listserv (announcements for students), go to http://lists.uwosh.edu/mailman/listinfo/international. To unsubscribe from the INTL listserv (announcements for faculty & staff), go to http://lists.uwosh.edu/mailman/listinfo/intl