See also: Faculty and Administrator Development
Conferences
AAC&U 2011 Annual Meeting (AAC&U): This year’s conference, Global Positioning: Essential Learning, Student Success, and the Currency of U.S. Degrees, asked participants, “what is the global position of liberal education?” Scroll through the meeting program to find session powerpoints and handouts, plenary speech transcripts, and other useful resources. AAC&U’s Annual Meeting is held each year in January.
ACE Annual Meeting (ACE): This yearly meeting enables U.S. leaders and their colleagues from other countries to build their networks, examine key issues, and share solutions.
AIEA Conference (AIEA): Association of International Education Administrators annual conference addresses “big picture” issues of internationalization. Usually held in February of each year.
Forum on Education Abroad: The Forum Annual Conference’s distinctive sessions engage participants in thought-provoking dialogue, promoting collegiality and the vibrant exchange of ideas. The signature interactive sessions promote professional development through roundtable discussions and town-hall style debate. Education abroad professionals value the high-level discourse, and the opportunity to continue the dialogue beyond conference sessions. The Forum’s 2012 Conference will be held in Denver, in March 2012; the conference theme and proposal deadlines will be announced in June 2011, see www.forumea.org .
Forum on Education Abroad Standards of Good Practice Institutes (Forum on Education Abroad) The Forum’s Standards Institutes provide a full-day in depth exploration of one of the Forum’s Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad. The practical, hands-on focus for this day includes plenary and multiple concurrent sessions. Standards Institute sessions are geared to experienced professionals, and assume participants have a level of knowledge “beyond the basics” of education abroad policy and practice. The next Standards Institute, “Beyond the Basic of Health, Safety and Security,” will be offered June 24, 2011 at Northwestern University.
IIE Fall Higher Education Fairs in Asia: This year, IIE and its partners – the U.S. Educational Foundation in India and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo – have organized 11 fairs in 6 countries: India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, and Japan. The Fairs will take place between September 27-October 24, 2010. This is a trusted platform on which to build your institution’s name in Asia at reasonable cost and will introduce you to serious prospective students and supportive parents interested in American higher education.
Internationalization Collaborative (ACE): The Internationalization Collaborative hosts an annual forum, usually in February, for teams of faculty and administrators to share ideas and help one another in furthering internationalization on their campuses.
Leadership Network(ACE): The Leadership Network on International Education is an annual forum for presidents and chief academic officers committed to advancing internationalization on their campuses. Each year, approximately 100 presidents and chief academic officers come together to explore leadership issues in internationalization and to share good practices.
NAFSA’s Annual Conference brings together close to 7,000 international educators worldwide, offers over a dozen symposia, workshops and sessions directly related to internationalization.
List-servs
International Education Leadership Professional Network (NAFSA): Events of special interest, practice resources, and discussion forums on internationalization.
Listserv Summary Results (AIEA): overview of policies, procedures, and results of general surveys related to campus internationalization.
Periodicals
Diversity and Democracy (AAC&U): D & D is a Quarterly magazine published online and in print to provide promising models for educators as they design and reshape their programs on diversity, civic engagement, and global learning.
Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad: Frontiers publishes thought-provoking research articles, insightful essays, and concise book reviews that documents some of the best thinking, assessment, and innovative programming in the education abroad field. After one year of publication, all content is available as a free download.
Online Index of International Educator Magazine (NAFSA): Includes general articles on internationalization as well as curriculum integration in graduate programs.
