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System Council on International Education - Meeting Agenda

Friday, 8 January 1999

10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Pesident's Dining Room, Macon State College
Macon, GA

  1. Approval of Minutes from Meeting of 4 November 1998
  2. Liability Issues in Study Abroad
    1. Proposed Endorsement of NAFSA Guidelines
    2. North Georgia College & State University Concerns
  3. Financing of USG Cooperative Study Abroad Programs
    1. Current model used by cooperative programs in UK, France, Russia
    2. Faculty salary funding issues
    3. Tuition dollars, EFT, and formula funding
    4. Financing models currently sanctioned for distance education
    5. Task force to recommend study abroad financing model
  4. Curriculum Inventory Report (CIR), Course Equivalencies, and Instructors of Record in Cooperative Study Abroad Programs
  5. Dual Registration Policies & Procedures for 1-to-1 Student Exchanges
  6. Regent Policy and Practice for Review and Approval of Study Abroad Programs
  7. Defining the 2% Study Abroad Target
    1. 2% of annual undergraduate headcount enrollment
    2. 2% of annual undergraduate EFT enrollment
    3. 10% of annual graduating class
    4. Certifying study abroad participation
  8. Study Abroad Scholarships
    1. Decentralizing the selection process
    2. Decentralizing the awarding of funds
    3. Flexibility in level of awards
    4. Growing the pool of funds
  9. Non-Resident Fee Waivers
    1. Waycross College proposal to use waivers for study abroad
    2. Georgia College & State University proposal to award partial waivers for international students
  10. Faculty Development Seminars for Summer 1999
  11. Faculty Development Funding (Chancellor's Awards) for Summer 1999
    1. Deadline: February 19
    2. SCIE selection committee
    3. Potential future directions in faculty development
  12. 1999-2000 Teaching & Learning Grants
    1. Two of four target categories are foreign languages and international curriculum
    2. Directed focus on integrated, collaborative global/area studies curricula
    3. Deadline: March 19
  13. Foreign Language and Technology Initiative
    1. Collaborative grant projects
    2. Desktop initiative
    3. Pilot project for 24/7 on-line orientation & survival language training for summer 1999 faculty development seminars
    4. Foreign language and technology workshop/forum
  14. Strategic Designs for International Education: Priorities and Investments
  15. Campus Visits during Spring Semester
  16. Proposed Board of Regents International Presentation (Winter/Spring 1999)
  17. Adjournment

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