Editorial: Rethinking the Bottom Line for Internationalization: What Are Students Learning?

From http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/rethinking-the-bottom-line-for-internationalization-what-are-students-learning/31979

Rethinking the Bottom Line for Internationalization: What Are Students Learning?
by Madeleine F. Green
March 21, 2013

For many, if not most, institutions, “success” in internationalization is a bit of a numbers game. It is defined by the number of students going abroad, the number of international students and the amount of revenue they generate, and the number of campuses abroad or courses offered with an international focus.

But what do these numbers mean for student learning? Although many colleges and universities cite producing “global citizens” as a goal, few have a clear set of learning outcomes associated with this label, a map of the learning experiences that will produce this learning, or an assessment plan in place to determine what students are actually learning and what that means for curricular improvement.

Read the full article at http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/rethinking-the-bottom-line-for-internationalization-what-are-students-learning/31979