Global Education Advisory Committee examines study
away programs
The Global Education Advisory
Committee—convened by President Painter in the fall of 2003 to
reconfigure, guide, and advise the College’s global education
programs—has made considerable progress toward its first goal: the
evaluation of Trinity’s approved study away programs. The committee is
currently divided into six working groups representing the locations
of Trinity’s programs: Africa and the Middle East (led by Michael
Niemann), the Americas (Joan Morrison), Asia (Milla Riggio), Australia
and New Zealand (Richard Mitten), Continental Europe (Katherine Lahti
and George Gilmore), and the United Kingdom and Ireland (Jane
Decatur). Each group is researching the programs of its area, using
Web resources, materials from other programs, interviewing Trinity
faculty members affiliated with the areas, and speaking with students
who have returned. These groups will present their written assessments
by the middle of the Spring Term. It is expected that some of the
reports will recommend retention of programs, some will request an
on-site visit, and others will recommend the removal of programs. All
proposals for changes to the approved list will be submitted to the
Curriculum Committee for review and decision.
In the fall semester, the group worked toward establishing concise
criteria for assessing Trinity’s 117 approved programs. Other
activities included presentations from several external providers, as
well as the creation of a Blackboard site for the distribution of
materials and reports.
Members of the GEAC include Borden Painter, Pablo Delano, Gerald
Moshell, KristinTriff, Barbara Benedict, Dario Euraque, James Hagen,
Thomas Harrington, Katherine Lahti, Milla Riggio, Daniel Blackburn,
Henry DePhillips, Lisa-Anne Foster, David Henderson, Joan Morrison,
Mark Franklin, James Wen, Johnny Williams, Diane Zannoni, Lani
Davison, George Gilmore, Alan Sauer, Karla Spurlock-Evans, Frank Egan,
Greg Smith, Michael Niemann, Jane Decatur, Richard Mitten, and Nancy
Birch Wagner. The group is charged with advancing the goals and
proposals resulting from the 2002-2003 Ford-funded international
programs review, which included a planning meeting at Trinity with
representatives from NESCAC schools and other institutions, and which
culminated in the Report on Planning for Study Abroad, May 2003.
The College’s approved programs list is posted on the Web site of the
Office of International Programs (www.trincoll.edu/depts/ints/), where
it can be accessed by continent, program prerequisite, and
alphabetically by country. The GEAC welcomes comments and suggestions
from faculty members and students regarding any of these programs.
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