About the module

Internationalization in education has been accelerating and becoming increasingly complex, as global pressures on educational systems mount while assumptions about cross-border collaborations are newly challenged. Likewise, education abroad has grown steadily and impressively for a generation. It is increasingly an expectation of today’s students and parents, both as an imperative for a globally competitive education and a life-fulfilling experience. Join us to learn how the International Office can be an institutional driver towards systemic internationalization by leading and collaborating with steady, relentless persistence and vision.

For success in this context, the institutional International Office has to keep pace. Has yours? Is it ready for the diverse, complex, and demanding needs of millennial students? Is it preparing faculty for the challenges and opportunities inherent in today’s international education landscape? Issues of funding, mentoring, time, and curriculum impact students’ access to internationalization efforts and faculty’s ability to advance it. The growth and sustainability of international education depends today on adapting current approaches and creating viable paths to institutional and student success. We will tap the lessons of one nationally award-winning office that has transformed itself to make international education attainable for all who seek it.

This course is designed for international education professionals, leaders, and future leaders needing tools and strategies for taking their institution to a higher level of international engagement, regardless of their starting point or institutional stature. The power and impact of international education on students seems to enjoy recognition as a universally-understood benefit in an era of rapid globalization, yet it is also constrained by the hard truths of internal barriers and external challenges. Through specific exercises, readings, and projects in this rigorous module, participants will push themselves and develop both professional skills and valuable deliverables to implement in their own settings.

Successful participants will receive a digital micro-credential acknowledging their completion of this professional development expert module from the International Education Management & Leadership Program at the University at Albany (SUNY).