Spring Events 2020

International Education in Time of Crisis

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A series of crises now may be challenging how much international education is embraced U.S. campuses. The concern about “spies” on campus, for example, has marginalized many Senior International Offices on campuses, with administrators focused on government affairs and regulatory issues taking more of a lead. How shall we promote international education to all in an environment of rising nationalism around the world and current concern for cross-border health and safety?

Karin Fischer | Senior...

Assessing and Improving Skills in College: China, India, Russia, and the United States

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Using nationally representative data on STEM undergraduates collected from China, India and Russia (which train about half of the world's STEM undergraduates) and the United States, Assistant Professor Prashant Loyalka shares his study’s findings that assess and compare levels and gains in academic and higher order thinking skills among college students in multiple countries, and examines which factors (institutional, faculty, instructional, peer, student) affect skills and improve the quality of...