MINUTES FOR
A. HOUSEKEEPING
The meeting was called to
order by the Council Chair, Dan Paracka (
After a round of
introductions, the minutes of the March 31, 2007, meeting were approved, with
two corrections: (1) the application deadline for faculty who want to
participate in Baogang Guo’s
China study-abroad program is February 15, not April 1, and (2) participation
in the Japan study-abroad in 2006 was 9 and not 3 as implied by the
minutes. The 2007 number was correctly
stated as 12.
B. UPDATE
FROM BOARD OF REGENTS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Charu Goyle made the following
points:
1) There will be an International Education
Summit meeting on October 10, with representatives from all USG campus to
discuss how to move international programs forward. Participation is by invitation only.
2) On October 11 there will
be a workshop on the Seven Revolutions Project at the Georgia Perimeter
Clarkston campus. This event is already
full, but information on Seven Revolutions can be found at http://www.7revs.org/sevenrevs_content.html
3) The System
Council on International Education is meeting on September 28 at Macon State
College.
4) The Board of
Regents has issued a new strategic plan.
Goal #1 pertains most to international
education
5) The USG
issues a briefing book on international programs. This contains some information that is not on
the website.
6) There will
be two faculty development seminars in 2008.
The Africa Council is sponsoring a program in
7) For the
second year, the OIE will make an Internationalizing the Campus grant of up to
$80,000 to a USG institution. The 2006
recipient was
8) USG has renewed its contract for mandatory
student accident and sickness insurance in 2007-08 with the current vendor,
Pearce & Pearce, Inc. F-1 and J-1 visa
students are required to enroll. The
plan has different rates and
benefits based on undergraduate or graduate status.
C. DEVELOPING A USG CERTIFICATE IN
Eric Kendrick presented a
draft proposal for an Asian Studies certificate. There was general support and approval of the
draft, but about an hour of discussion on various points. Eric will be making
revisions based on the feedback and further review of the Americas Council
certificate.
a) Special topics or
research courses should count towards the 18 units
b) It would be desirable to have system
institutions show the certificate on student transcripts, though it seems as
though this will require an individual approach to the registrar’s office at
each institution.
c) Students can earn the certificate at either
two- or four-year institutions.
d) On-line courses will
probably be necessary, especially in languages.
e) There is a distribution
requirement: students cannot get all 18 units in language, only up to 12.
f) Should there be a minimum course grade? After discussion, agreement
that it should be a C.
g) The certificate should
be awarded as soon as a student earns it, not held until graduation.
h) There should be an
application form, which could also serve as a requirement checklist.
i) Institutional representatives on the Asia Council
should play a gatekeeper/advisor role on their campuses.
D. THE NEXT
Asia Council’s turn will
come again in 2009. Deadline for
proposals is
There was general agreement
that
E. STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS
There was discussion of
procedures for endorsement by the Asia Council of proposed study-abroad
programs.
Wilson Huang reported that
there were 32 students in his
F. NEXT MEETING
The
next Asia Council meeting will be on November 30, at
Submitted
by Thomas F. Howard