Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Megan Mercedes Echevarria, International Engineering Program, University of Rhode Island; Sigrid -- Berka, University of Rhode Island

Tagged Topics

Student Development

seriously at an institution. Many programs includeglobal competence in their strategic plans and general education programs, and some evenconsider this important concept when developing new curricular offerings. Initiatives like thosedescribed in this paper require a stronger institutional commitment to global competence, onethat focuses not only on concrete student experiences but that reaches those who come in closestcontact with students and who are ultimately responsible for crafting student learningexperiences. Faculty members who are proficient in more than one language, who have ties toother countries and who regularly collaborate with people from other cultures and countries areespecially well prepared and motivated to initiate the kinds of