College Responsibilities for Global Education

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The Office of International Affairs collaborates with Ohio State’s 15 colleges and four regional campuses to effectively manage the growth of high quality and affordable international experiences for students through a shared responsibility model.

College/campus liaison

A liaison is appointed to assist faculty and departments in developing new opportunities, leading the annual program reauthorization process and reviewing budgets for individual faculty-led programs in collaboration with the Office of International Affairs. 

The liaison is responsible for providing information and resources to instructors who wish to propose new programs and for promoting the college's global education opportunities to college stakeholders and audiences. The liaison also serves as a central point of contact to provide information and global education updates to key partners in their college, including department chairs. 

Access and affordability

Plans are developed and resources determined for increasing participation in global education and encouraging affordability. Colleges are encouraged to identify plans to promote global education and ways in which the cost of programs can be lowered either through scholarships or strategic investments. These plans are to be communicated widely throughout each respective college.

Program fees

In collaboration with the Office of International Affairs, colleges are actively involved in setting program fees for faculty-led and Ohio State sponsored programs. The Office of International Affairs investigates expenses for airlines, host organizations, land services, and distributes estimated costs to the colleges for review with their fiscal officers before program fees are finalized. This calendar of activities and deadlines for setting fees keeps programs on track to have a program fee finalized in advance of the student application deadline.

Authorization of new and/or continuing global education programs

All new or continuing global education programs must be approved at the college level before the sponsoring academic unit can begin working with the Office of International Affairs to coordinate the program.

Programs supporting the vision of education for global citizenship will meet standards of academic excellence, develop intercultural competencies, enhance skills desirable in career preparation and encourage independence and self-reliance amongst its participants.

The program reauthorization process provides colleges the opportunity to consider global education strategy and determine which programs to offer again in a future term. Prior to submitting a reauthorization, consider recent program performance including application numbers, program fees and post-program survey results, among other factors. Additionally, colleges are encouraged to be mindful of any new programs being added to the portfolio and how new programs and reauthorizations contribute to overall strategy.

Please be reminded that programs that do not fill for two consecutive iterations will need to be redesigned and reproposed as opposed to submitted as a reauthorization. During this redesign, the program will be placed on hiatus.

Opportunities for collaboration

• Develop shared goals and strategies:
• Curriculum integration efforts
• Career integrations efforts
• Creating and retiring programming to meet changing student needs and interests
• Provide support and preparation to faculty leading programs
• Shared commitment to study abroad industry best practices, including adherence to The Standards of Good Practice from The Forum on Education Abroad

For additional information, please contact Jeannie Simmons, director of global education.