2003-2004 Charge to the Committee
University System of Georgia
Council on International Education
Committee on Faculty & Curriculum
Chair: Prof. William Schaniel
State University of West Georgia
The Committee on Faculty and Curriculum is open to all faculty and instructional staff in the University System of Georgia who teach in any subject area with an international dimension. This multidisciplinary international studies curriculum is broadly defined and includes, but is not limited to, area studies and foreign languages, as well as global fields of inquiry such as security, technology, and the environment. The Committee is chaired by a member of the System Council on International Education, who reports on the Committee’s activities and places Committee recommendations before the Council for action.
The Committee is encouraged to consider any issue relating to the international studies curriculum and those who teach it. For 2003-2004 the Committee is given a select charge to complete the following assignments:
- Build an active participatory membership of campus faculty and instructional staff with international interests and expertise, facilitating communication and providing a useful forum where issues of common concern can be shared, discussed, and resolved;
- Review existing USG opportunities for internationally focused faculty development (e.g., summer seminars sponsored by the World Regional Councils, events sponsored by the Southern Center for International Studies, conferences, symposia, workshops, etc.) and recommend those to expand or reduce, or identify new programs to develop;
- Identify or create scholarly outlets for the publication of case studies, research notes, and other inquiries and analysis that encourage faculty (particularly junior faculty) to teach on study abroad programs and benefit from opportunities to publish from those experiences;
- Investigate the potential value of offering study abroad teaching awards or other recognitions, and recommend whether or how this should be conducted;
- Identify USG academic resources that can support Georgia’s initiative to make Atlanta the headquarters of the proposed thirty-four nation Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), as well as those that can support the “Georgia China Future” initiative authorized by the Georgia State Senate;
- Promote inter-institutional sharing of scarce international expertise through disciplinary collaboration, interdisciplinary courses and programs such as the European Union, Latin American, and Canadian Studies certificates, and the on-line offerings of less commonly taught foreign languages;
- Encourage departments to consider modifications to their by-laws and procedures that would make them competitive candidates for the USG’s annual awards for Best Practices in International Education: Most Internationalized Academic Unit.