What Is a Globally Competent Student?

Read the transcript of this Chronicle Live Discussion: William Brustein, associate provost for international affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and president of the Association of International Education Administrators, addresses the question: "What Is a Globally Competent Student?"

Colleges trying to internationalize the college experience are struggling with some key questions: What is a globally competent student? How do you internationalize the curriculum? Is it better to create stand-alone courses or infuse internationalism across disciplines? How do you get faculty members to commit to the goal? How do you involve foreign students and scholars more deeply in campus life?

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