2005-2006 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 2005-2006 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 nominations and select recipients of Chancellor’s Awards for 2006 summer faculty development seminars to Europe and Africa, in accordance with criteria and procedures adopted by the System Council on International Education in March 2004;
- Provide consultation and recommendations to the Office of International Education in the review of proposed 2007 summer faculty development seminars to Asia and the Americas, in accordance with criteria and procedures adopted by the System Council on International Education in March 2004;
- Continue discussion of on-going issues relevant to faculty and curriculum, including:
- inter-institutional sharing of scarce international expertise through disciplinary collaboration, interdisciplinary courses and programs such as the European Union, Latin American, African, and Canadian Studies certificates, and the on-line offerings of less commonly taught foreign languages;
- 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;
- the potential value of offering study abroad teaching awards or other recognitions, and recommend whether or how this should be conducted;
- development of an inventory of campus best practices for internationalizing the curriculum, integrating study abroad into degree programs, and encouraging departments to modify their by-laws and tenure/promotion procedures to recognize international work.