History of the Institute's Development
Definitions
Proposed Organizational Structure
The Transition to the New Structure
Operational Principles/Guidelines
Possible New Programs and Activities
Rationale and Anticipated Benefits to the College
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Possible New Programs and Activities
While it is premature to attempt to specify the full range of programmatic
innovations that the creation of the Institute might entail, we
nevertheless believe that it is important to suggest some possible
new programs that might be initiated as and when resources are made
available. In addition to perpetuating the programs associated with
Project Pericles, these might include:
Directly Administered Programs
- A Public and Community Service Fellows Program that
would involve integrating a number of internship and off-campus
work-study opportunities dealing with “community service”
and “public service” into a single set of fellowships
(paid and unpaid) focused around the theme of “global citizen-leadership”.
Fellowships could be focused thematically (egs. urban, environmental,
health, human rights, peace and security, development, freedom
and democracy, social justice, etc) and would involve structured
reflection on the theme of global citizen-leadership at the local,
national and/or global levels.
- A Second Semester Study Abroad program (partly focused
on “global citizen-leadership”).
- A Citizen-Leadership Forum/Roundtable: this would
be an annual public forum involving (a) presentations by students
on the theme of global citizen-leadership, (b) an award ceremony
related to global citizen-leadership, and (c) a major public lecture
on an aspect of global citizen-leadership;
- A Global Citizen-Leaders Certificate Program: This
would be focused on developing the knowledge and skills needed
for global citizen-leadership. The program would take
the form of a multi-year “curricular/co-curricular pathway”
that would integrate courses (including one from International
Studies, one from American Studies and an appropriate course from
a third department), community-based learning experiences, internships,
and study away into a comprehensive program focusing on leadership
development and critical reflection on global citizenship and
culminating in a certificate in Global Citizen-Leadership”;
- Two purposefully designed courses (one focusing on global
citizenship and civic engagement, the other on public
leadership) that would to provide academic depth and conceptual
focus to both the proposed certificate program (above) and the
public policy program (below). These courses would emphasize the
ethical dimension of global citizenship and leadership.
- Urban Engagement Resources: Initiatives might include
(a) an accessible collection of items such as GIS data maps, newspaper
articles, speaker lists, etc. on Twin cities neighborhoods; (b)
a “data commons” with the Library to document urban-relevant
research done by students and faculty; and (c) orientation sessions
and community “tours” to help connect faculty, staff
and students to the local urban community.
- A Scholar-in-Residence Program: this would entail
one bringing scholars or global public intellectuals to work in
the Institute (teaching, scholarship, program development related
to global citizen-leadership) for 1-2 years.
- A Corporate Social Responsibility Program: this would
entail a regular conference or simulation focusing on global corporate
responsibility that would engage leaders from the many corporations
based in the Twin Cities.
Affiliated Programs
- Global Public Policy Concentration: this would not
be a “traditional”, highly technical public policy
program; rather, it would be a liberal arts-based program focused
on developing the skills necessary for effective and ethical “global
public problem-solving”. Organized as a “concentration”,
it would involve the two new courses described above as well as
a number of relevant courses offered by academic departments.
Ideally, the concentration would culminate in a collaborative
research project (conducted either as a traditional public policy/problem-solving
project or as a community-based research project and focused on
the local, national or international levels ).
- Divisional Global Citizenship Associates: modeled
on the Academic Information Associates program, this would entail
assigning specialists in (global) civic engagement to each of
the College’s four academic divisions. The goal would be
to strengthen our capacity to educate global citizen-leaders by
building a capacity for focused support for CBL/CBR, urban engagement,
etc.
- A Mechanism for Strengthening and Coordinating Activities
Related to the College’s Ability to Educate Global Citizen-Leaders:
This council might include Campus Programs, the CST, the Chapel,
the Department of Multicultural Life, Corporate and Foundation
Relations, the Career Development Center, the Alumni office, High
Winds, student organizations and (possibly) academic departments.
- A Community Geographic Information System (GIS) Program:
perhaps organized as part of a broader community-based research
(CBR) program, this program would not only provide a service to
the communities within which the college is embedded but would
provide an opportunity for students to place their GIS/CBR projects
in the broader context of global citizenship and leadership.
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