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UCLA IN
THE WORLD
Background on Internationalization
Activities
(Case
Study by Gary Rhodes and Rebecca Pisano, Spring 2005)
Introduction
The University of California, Los Angeles
embraces international education and its various international
projects and activities are pervasive throughout the
institution. UCLA
promotes the education of global citizens through its degree
programs, the people-to-people linkages it fosters among students,
scholars, and citizens around the globe, research and resource
centers, international projects, and its commitment to helping
people everywhere become lifelong learners about their world. UCLA plays a leading role in
training the next generation of leaders who will shape the world and
America's place in it.
UCLA’s central campus internationalization
initiatives include study abroad, international student support,
international curriculum and projects, language learning, and a
variety of international projects and resources that contribute to a
broad international scope of activities.
Central
Internationalization Office: International Institute
The UCLA International
Institute promotes a wide variety of programs and activities to
connect with and serve varied constituencies and communities in
metropolitan Los Angeles, regionally, nationwide, and abroad. Their
mission is to help meet a national need for increased knowledge and
expertise about our complex world, the U.S. role within it, and to
promote global citizenship and life-long learning.
UCLA's overseas exchange programs and
high-caliber international research programs have established the
university as a leader in international studies. In operation for more than a
quarter-century, the UCLA International Institute K-12 outreach
endeavor serves varied precollegiate constituencies and communities
in metropolitan Los Angeles. Our approaches include teacher
training/professional development (on campus, at school sites, and
overseas), demonstrating the use of educational technology, and
networking.
The International
Institute is the central office
providing leadership and direction for UCLA's internationalization
efforts. The
International Institute comprises 16 world-class
multidisciplinary centers
focusing on major world regions and global issues. Key features include the
Middle East Network Library, the UCLA Program on Mexico, the African
Studies Center, the Asia Institute, the Burkle Center for
International Relations, the Center for Buddhist Studies, the Center
for Chinese Studies, the Center for European and Eurasian Studies,
the Center for Japanese Studies, the Center for Near Eastern
Studies, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Education
Abroad Program, the Globalization Research Center – Africa, the
Language Resource Center, the Center for Korean Studies and the
Latin American Center.
These centers have won wide acclaim for their
interdisciplinary research, graduate fellowships, faculty research
grants, publications, and development and support of
interdisciplinary teaching and degree programs. The Burkle Center for
International Relations is renowned for its teaching, research and
policy advice on international cooperation, arms control,
international security and trade, and issues related to health,
migration and the environment. The Center frequently hosts prominent
leaders in business, government and education.
North American
Mobility Project (Latin American
Center)
The Multicultural Perspectives in Higher
Education North American Mobility Project fosters the graduate
training of students from Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
Students accepted to the program have the opportunity to conduct a
research project or pursue a course of study at any of the partner
institutions. The goal of the Mobility Project is to train
professionals to communicate and practice across cultural
boundaries. Foster the
training of managers with linguistic and cultural competence to
function in the NAFTA environment.
Global Fellows
Program
Each year, the International Institute brings to
campus outstanding emerging scholars from around the world as part
of the Global Fellows Program.
Fellows pursue their own research projects as part of a
community of scholars committed to the Institute’s mission of
educating global citizens. Global Fellows also teach seminars, based
on their research, to UCLA undergraduates.
Education Abroad
Programs
For 40 years, UCLA’s
Education Abroad Program Office (EAP)
has been committed to providing high quality overseas
academic programs. UCLA
has a strong commitment to sending students overseas and to hosting
international scholars.
EAP programs are administered through the University of
California Systemwide Office in Santa Barbara (UOEAP). Faculty and staff are
involved in the design, development, and implementation of EAP
programs. Programs are
open to students from all UC campuses.
UCLA is the number one public university in total
numbers of students studying abroad, having sent 1,917 students
abroad in 2002-2003 (Institute of International Education Open
Doors, 2004). Full-year, short-term and summer study abroad
opportunities are available at over 140 institutions in 33 countries
around the world. In
many of the EAP programs, students study as fully-integrated
students in international colleges and universities, opening study
abroad to students from most UCLA degree programs. UCLA is
thoroughly integrating EAP into the academic curriculum of students,
providing them with the skills they need to thrive in an
increasingly globalized world.
Through institutional partnerships and initiatives, EAP
expands the context and content of learning by exposing students and
faculty to the challenges of diverse languages and intellectual
traditions, other approaches to knowledge, and different cultural
assumptions. EAP
develops internationally aware citizens and enhances the potential
of students and faculty to understand, respond to, and contribute to
a rapidly changing world.
At UCLA, study abroad programs are available for
integration into students’ academic curriculum, providing them with
skills they need to thrive in an increasingly globalized world. The university offers study
abroad options through several offices.
Internship and Study
Abroad Services Office
The Internship and
Study Abroad Services Office
provides support for students participating in study abroad programs
offered by other U.S. colleges and universities, external providers,
as well as direct enrollment in colleges and universities around the
world. Along with study
abroad, the office supports students in pursuing international
opportunities such as international internships, international
volunteer and service options, short-term work abroad, teaching
abroad, international scholarships, and international travel.
UCLA Travel Study
Programs
These programs offer participants an exciting and
challenging travel experience as well as serious academic
study. They are part of
the regular academic curriculum and are taught by UCLA faculty with
the support of many academic departments. A total of 29 programs will
be available in summer 2005 to over 20 countries. Programs offer from 8 to 16
units of credit.
Anderson School of
Management
Study abroad programs are an integrated component
of UCLA Anderson School’s efforts to internationalize their
curriculum. Anderson
faculty are involved in a wide range of internationally oriented
research and consulting activities. The international perspective
positions Anderson MBAs at the forefront of global business
activities.
UCLA MBA Advanced
International Management International Exchange Programs
offers MBA students in-depth
exposure to international business practices, culture, and language
through participation in semester-long academic exchange
partnerships with premier universities abroad. Anderson maintains exchange
relationships with 35 business schools abroad and currently 50 to 60
second-year MBA students enroll in these programs each year.
Additionally, the School is a member of the Program in International
Management (PIM), a consortium of management schools that
facilitates student and faculty international exchange. Those who
satisfy program requirements are awarded a certificate at the annual
UCLA Anderson MBA awards ceremony, just prior to graduation. The Advanced International
Management Program (AIM) allows students to create a program
tailored to their needs by choosing from among the many
international opportunities offered by UCLA Anderson. AIM students
work closely with UCLA Anderson’s international faculty on
cutting-edge research projects, and they are active participants in
seminars with business, government and academic leaders from around
the world. AIM students
must complete Management 406, The Global Economy, and three
additional international electives. They must also undertake an
Applied Management Research Project with international content. In
addition to the above two requirements, students must also complete
one of the following options: intensive summer language training,
international internship or international exchange. Students declare
their intention to participate in the program by the end of the
first year of the MBA program.
International
Seminar (Executive MBA)
The program concludes with a three
day intensive course held in Paris that focuses on current issues
in European business. Courses in this seminar are conducted by faculty
of the HEC (Haute Etudes Commerciales) Business School one
of France's elite "Grandes Ecoles". and the leading French
management school. Topics vary yearly, but have included the unified currency
zone, the Euro as an alternate reserve currency, European
Union Governance Issues, including merger and acquisition regulation,
and marketing within the EU. Family members and friends may
accompany EMBA students on this trip, although the classes themselves
are limited to UCLA Anderson students.
Fully-Employed MBA
Global Access Program (GAP)
provides an intensive field study experience to form a critical
bridge between MBA students’ learning at the Anderson School and the
business world, increasing the international exposure of UCLA MBA
students significantly. This unique educational program matches
students in the Fully-Employed MBA Program with existing
international technology companies to develop a comprehensive
business strategy to enable the companies to move to the next stage
of corporate development.
Directly confronting the challenges of doing business with a
world view, students work with company executives over a period of
six months, including a cultural immersion with a visit to the
firm’s headquarters.
Founded in 1998, GAP has worked with partners in eight
foreign countries and over 135 international businesses. Client companies represent a
wide range of industries from countries all over the world,
including Italy, New Zealand and Chile. The Global Access Program is
a challenging educational curriculum, providing MBA students a
unique, real world opportunity to develop a strategic business plan
for an internationally based, early stage technology venture. GAP provides a win-win-win
proposition for all three of our constituencies: the students, the
participating client companies and our international partner
agencies. It serves as
an excellent example of integration across UCLA Anderson centers and
programs in an effort to create meaningful professional education
for UCLA students.
UCLA-National
University of Singapore (NUS) Executive MBA
The UCLA-NUS EMBA program, developed jointly by
UCLA Anderson School of Management and NUS Business School,
provides students with a truly global perspective on leadership and
management through residential sessions in Singapore, Los Angeles
and Shanghai. The
dual-degree, 15-month, part-time intensive program prepares students
for top positions in organizations around the world by capitalizing
on the immense resources of two Pacific Rim powerhouse business
schools and a primary focus on Asia and the U.S.
Center for
International Business Education & Research (CIBER)
The UCLA CIBER belongs to a consortium
of six CIBER universities including the University of Texas
(Austin), the University of Michigan, the University of Washington,
Duke University and Purdue University which hosts seminars to
internationalize Ph.D. studies in the business disciplines of
Marketing, Finance, Accounting, Organizational Behavior/Human
Resources, Operations Management and Organizational Design. Each
seminar brings together 20 to 25 Ph.D. students from across the
country to discuss research ideas pertaining to the international
aspects of their functional fields.
CIBER also supports various overseas summer
intensive language courses in Business Chinese (Shanghai, China),
Business French (Paris, France), Business Spanish (Lima, Peru) and
Business Korean (Seoul, Korea). These programs are offered in
conjunction with UCLA Summer Sessions and are open to intermediate
and advanced proficiency students.
International
Business Study Tours
International Business Study Tours (IBSTs) are
student-organized trips to emerging economies where students visit
companies in various industries, meet local business leaders, learn
about overseas business environments, and enjoy the local culture
and sightseeing.
International
Business Association
The
UCLA CIBER provides funding for UCLA Anderson's
International Business Association (IBA), which is
guided by faculty members Robert Spich and Hans Schollhammer.
CIBER-funded IBA activities have included lecture series,
day-on-the-job trips to Mexico and Vietnam, International Business
Career Night activities, and international study tours to China and
Latin America.
The Office of
International Students and Scholars
The mission
of the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) is
to support UCLA's teaching, research, and public service efforts by
effectively meeting the campus and community needs of international
students and scholars. OISS provides specialized
services
to approximately
3,100 international students, mostly at the graduate level, and
1,700 international scholars at UCLA each year. Nearly 120 countries are
represented on campus.
Education Abroad
Program (EAP) Reciprocity
This year, the Education Abroad Program (EAP)
will also be bringing 180 international students to study as
international exchange students at UCLA. EAP offers students from our
partner universities the opportunity to come to
UCLA as a visiting reciprocity student for up to a year on a
no-fee-exchange, non-degree basis. All students on the EAP
program earn degrees at their home university though they are
enrolled at a UC campus.
Systemwide, the University of California hosts reciprocity
students from over 100 institutions in approximately 30
countries.
UCLA
Extension
Certificate Programs
UCLA Extension offers nearly 40 certificate programs that meet the requirements for full-time
international students. Mostly ranging from one to two years in
duration, these programs are beneficial to professionals who wish to
enhance their skills and knowledge base in their present field,
professionals who wish to change careers, and to students who are
just beginning their professional lives. Completion of the required
series leads to the award of a certificate bearing the seal of the
University of California, Los Angeles. These programs are usually
taught by instructors who work outside the university in a specific
field and there is a strong emphasis on practical experience and
work-related applications.
International students study side-by-side with Los Angeles
residents, which allows them to meet Americans but also develop
professional networks.
The Tom Bradley
International Hall
The Tom Bradley International Hall at UCLA is a
premier multiculturally-oriented student and community facility.
Situated at the western entrance to the campus, the 28,000 square
foot building is home to a variety of campus programs and services.
Bradley International Hall serves as the focal point for
international activities on the campus, a stimulating setting for
intellectual exchange among students, scholars and professionals
from around the world, and as a venue for fostering personal
friendships and social interaction. For the breadth, scope and
quality of programs offered within its walls, Tom Bradley
International Hall is unique in the nation and the world.
Dashew International
Center for Students and Scholars
Founded in 1957 as the International Student
Center, international students and academics can find a wealth of
programs and services at UCLA's Dashew International Center for
Students and Scholars.
The mission of the Dashew Center is to facilitate the
development of cross-cultural understanding among the multi-national
UCLA students and scholars and the community-at-large. Events
include a summer orientation for new international students, English
programs, special events and conferences, and many social
activities. The Center also provides an ideal arena for domestic
students to interact with international peers. The programs attempt
to demonstrate to UCLA students the importance of attaining and
acting upon an international perspective that will aid in their
professional success and personal growth.
International
Curriculum and Projects
Across the campus, over 80 majors integrate an
international perspective into their curriculum. The International Institute
also oversees eight international and interdisciplinary degree
programs, allowing students to focus on a particular area of study
through a variety of disciplines. Programs include African
Studies, East Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, European
Studies, International Development Studies (IDS), Islamic Studies,
Middle Eastern and North African Studies, South Asian Studies, and
Southeast Asian Studies.
Strongly encouraged (though not required) aspects of these
majors are study abroad and an internship in a local, national, or
international organization.
Interdepartmental
Degree Programs within the Institute
Preparation to work abroad as well as with
immigrant populations and ethnic groups in the United States. Joint degree programs and
interdisciplinary courses.
Interdepartmental degrees offered through the
International Institute allow students to focus on a particular area
of study -- either a specific geographic area, or a global
comparative and issue-oriented approach -- through a variety of
disciplines.
Graduate
Programs
The program offers African Area courses in a wide
range of disciplines, including the fine arts, humanities, social
sciences, and some professional fields.
The M.A. degree in East Asian Studies is an
interdisciplinary program intended to enable students to develop a
broad understanding of an individual East Asian culture or to engage
in comparative study of two or more East Asian cultures.
The interdepartmental program (IDP) encompasses
the broadest cultural concerns in the study of Islamic
civilizations. The
Center for Near Eastern Studies is home to one of the nation's
premier programs in Islamic Studies. CNES was founded in 1957 in
order to coordinate and integrate instruction and research in the
languages, humanities and social sciences disciplines essential to
an understanding of the region. Over the next decade, the Center and
affiliated faculty developed the Islamic Studies program, which has
awarded some 75 advanced degrees since its establishment.
A distinguished faculty and extensive research
resources make UCLA a national and international center for the
study of Latin America.
Linguistic, historical, economic, and demographic influences
interact in Los Angeles to forge a truly multicultural society.
Undergraduate
Programs
the major is intended to
give students a broad, comprehensive perspective on East Asian
societies and cultures.
The European Studies Major
aims to equip students to appreciate the richness of European
cultures, societies, and languages that are fundamental to
understanding Europe, as well as other parts of the world.
The program provides the
opportunity to study this region from the vantage points of several
disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, both historically
and contemporary. It aims at breaking down the traditional
distinctions between the eastern and western blocs in the light of
important internal and global transformations that are happening in
Europe today. This includes questions pertaining to cultural,
economic, political and social structures, and intellectual
life.
Our curriculum emphasizes global- and regional-
scale perspectives, as well as an array of themes to pursue
(political- economy, cultural-aesthetic, and private sector
development). This Bachelor of Arts degree is designed for students
interested in careers or vocations requiring an understanding of the
diverse development experiences of the world. our curriculum exposes
students to the issues, problems, and policies connected to the
struggles of underdeveloped nations. The program values field
experience involving travel, study and/or work in regions in the
Developing World. Thus a strongly encouraged (though not required)
aspect of the major is study abroad, especially in a developing
area, and an internship in a local, national, or international
community development agency/organization.
The program approaches
Southeast Asia as a region with deep local particularities and
trans-regional engagements.
They have developed a new
Global Studies major and minor
for undergraduates who want not only to understand the
complex and ever-changing world they live in, but also to be able to
participate in shaping its future. Global Studies will provide
students interdisciplinary and problem-oriented academic training in
the core issues that affect the contemporary world. Students will
also have the opportunity to live, study, and work abroad, and to
engage in yearlong research projects as the culmination of their
undergraduate education.
Global Learning
Institute
In summer 2004 the UCLA International Institute
launched an important new initiative: a Global Learning Institute,
featuring for-credit summer classes in globalization and emerging
economies taught by leading members of the UCLA faculty. The first
offering in this new program titled "Emerging Economies: Asia," was
offered at Tongji University in Shanghai, China. In 2005 the program will be
expanded to also offer classes in Hong Kong, Guanajuato, Mexico,
Beirut, Lebanon, and Vienna, Austria.
The Globalization Research
Center facilitates the study, exchange and presentation of research
concerning Africa's role in globalization, including HIV/AIDS
projects.
UCLA Department of
World Arts and Cultures
The Department of World Arts
and Cultures is an interdisciplinary unit, which finds its raison
d'être in a set of intellectual and artistic problems rather than an
established academic discipline. The programs of teaching, research,
and performance in World Arts and Cultures are unified around a
shared concern with problems of cultural identity and difference;
the meaning of tradition in contemporary societies; the forging of
connections between critical theory and artistic practice; and the
changing social roles and responsibilities of artists and scholars
of the arts, both in the United States and world-wide.
The department offers undergraduate program
concentrations in dance and cultural studies, and graduate programs
in Culture and Performance and Dance. Students at all levels are encouraged to explore
relationships among the different curricular emphases, including
world arts practices, cultural studies, dance studies, and folklore.
Students in World Arts and Cultures at UCLA study with faculty
members of international standing engaged in both creative artistic
work and research.
MAKE ART/STOP AIDS
Initiative
The MAKE ART/STOP AIDS
initiative brings together people working in public health with
artists who have extraordinary expertise in communication. The
result is a growing network of effective anti-AIDS partnerships that
began in India in July 2004 and is now spreading around the world.
UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures spearheads the
initiative, with support from dozens of campus units.
UCLA World AIDS Day
Teach-In
The Teach-In brings together
a remarkable array of campus partners under the leadership of the
School of the Arts and Architecture and UCLA AIDS Institute. This
union of north and south campuses, with input from activist student
organizations, assures UCLA will remain at the forefront of efforts
to contain the AIDS epidemic within our lifetimes.
The UCLA/Fogarty
AIDS International Training and Research Program
The UCLA/Fogarty AIDS International Training and
Research Program (UCLA/AITRP) provides training leading to the
Masters of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in epidemiology
of HIV/AIDS for health professionals from China, Vietnam, Cambodia,
Myanmar and India and in special circumstances for health
professionals from Laos, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. In
addition, health professionals can attend three-month courses
concentrating primarily in HIV/AIDS at UCLA. The objective of the program
is to build the research capacity of the collaborating countries in
HIV/AIDS to help control the epidemic. The UCLA/AITRP collaborates with
leading universities and HIV/AIDS control programs in each of the
collaborating countries.
UCLA’s School of
Dentistry’s Professional Program for International
Dentists
The Professional Program for
International Dentists (PPID) offers qualified foreign dental
graduates an opportunity to obtain a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)
from the UCLA School of Dentistry through an intensive two-year
program. The goal of this program is to graduate dentists who
possess the necessary scientific knowledge and clinical skills to
provide competent comprehensive dental care as practiced within the
United States.
David Geffen School
of Medicine at UCLA: International Students Coming to Do
Electives
UCLA offers a full range of advanced clinical
elective courses to medical students on a world-wide basis,
providing elective training to virtually thousands of students. International students who
attend schools in countries where their medical school programs are
conducted in English and their curriculum has been recognized to be
comparable to the UCLA Medical School curriculum are welcome to
apply for the UCLA Medical School electives. Opportunities also exist for
UCLA students to go to the international students' medical school
for electives. Most exchanges are with schools in the United
Kingdom, Sweden, Israel, Germany, Pakistan, Australia, Lebanon,
Ireland, Philippines, Singapore, and India. About 100 students come from other countries for 3-9 weeks
and about 30 UCLA students take advantage of this opportunity.
The UCLA
International Health Interest Group (IHIG)
The International Health
Interest Group (IHIG) is an organization of UCLA medical students
dedicated to promoting a broader understanding of world health and
medicine. Our mission is to support international medical
experiences in order to build cultural understanding, enhance
clinical acumen, and foster a global health perspective in our
medical students.
UCLA School of the
Arts and Architecture
Established in 2004, the Charles Moore Travel
Studio/Course offers support for one course or studio traveling
domestically and one course or studio traveling internationally each
year. By bringing faculty expertise to
bear on their experience of other locales, students have the
opportunity to investigate first hand the diversity of the world’s
cultural and natural settings and their various impacts on the
design of the built environment.
UCLA School of
Theater, Film, and Television: Film, TV, and Art Program in
Shanghai
Faculty in the
School of Theater, Film, and Television
are active in a variety of international activities. For the
past few years faculty have been participating in activities in
Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo such as delivering talks, participating
in symposiums, conducting workshops, and doing magazine and TV News
interviews. The School is in discussion with around 6 major
universities offering film/TV programs in Shanghai to discuss
various potential partnerships/cooperative ventures. They are in
preliminary discussions about sending faculty to teach courses in
Producing with Jaitong University. They have also been in talks with
Shanghai Film Group, Shanghai International Film Festival, and China
Film Group about possible collaborations.
UCLA Journal of
International Law and Foreign Affairs (JILFA)
JILFA is a student-run,
interdisciplinary publication dedicated to promoting scholarship in
international law and international relations.
Language
Learning
Opportunities for international study at UCLA are
among the most diverse of any American university. UCLA provides
instruction in nearly 80 languages, many in less commonly taught
languages such as Uzbek, Tagalog, and Quechua. Students can participate in a
variety of exchange programs with educational and research
institutes in other countries. The university also possesses one of
the nation's largest concentrations of scholarly resources on other
lands, making it an ideal location for international research. The
Fowler Museum of Cultural History, for example,
houses outstanding collections from many cultures. Other resources
are diffused throughout the campus.
Foreign
Languages
UCLA offers close to 50
language courses, many in less commonly taught languages such as
Uzbek, Tagalog, and Quechua.
Swahili, Zulu, Hausa, Wolof,
Bambera, Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French,
German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Quechua, Persian, Italian,
Japanese, Korean, Latin, Old Norse, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian,
Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Aramaic, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Syriac,
Serbian/Croatian, Hindi, Sanskrit, Vedic, Vietnamese, Thai,
Filipino/Tagalog, Indonesian, Spanish, Turkish, Uzbek, Azeri,
Ukranian, Yiddish
Language Resource
Center
UCLA’s Language Resource
Center conducts research on a variety of internationally oriented
projects such as the Language Materials Project, a project funded by
the Department of Education to continue the development of a
database of authentic materials for less-commonly taught languages,
the National Flagship Language Initiative-Pilot Program, a program
funded by the National Foreign Language Center to establish an
intensive superior-level Korean program in reading, speaking and
listening, and the Diagnostic Assessment Procedure Project in Korean
and Russian, which is a project funded by the National Foreign
Language Center to determine design elements needed for
advanced/superior level language courses and identify the elements
currently lacking in university courses.
The Language
Materials Project , funded by the
U.S. Department of Education, supports development of a database of
authentic materials for less-commonly taught languages. The National Flagship
Language Initiative-Pilot Program funded by the
National Foreign Language Center
, supports an intensive superior-level Korean program
in reading, speaking and listening. The Diagnostic Assessment
Procedure Project in Korean and Russian determines design
elements needed for advanced/superior level language courses.
ESL
Programs
The English as a
Second Language Service Courses at UCLA are available for
students who would like to improve their academic English skills
and/or have an ESL requirement to fulfill at UCLA. Instruction is
delivered by ESL lecturers or experienced graduate students in the
MA or PhD programs in
Applied Linguistics &
TESL. The courses cover a wide range of skills and skill levels
for improving academic English including writing, reading,
listening, and oral presentation skills.
UCLA Extension’s American Language Center provides superior English
language instruction with the most up-to-date teaching methods in
which students learn not only to communicate in their new language
but also learn more about American life and culture. The Center offers online
courses and a computer-based language lab.
Additional
International Resources and Initiatives
Multilateral Middle
East Program
The Middle East Network Library, part of the
Multilateral Middle East Program, is a joint project of Burkle
Center and the University of California's Institute on Global
Conflict and Cooperation, serves as a portal to various Middle
East-related resources, many of which are unavailable
elsewhere. A wide range of topics are
covered, but all deal with the core issue of cooperation and
conflict in the Middle East. The points of view are diverse, ranging
from rigorous scholarly research to thoughtful policy analysis to
heartfelt opinion.
UCLA Program on
Mexico
A division of the Latin
American Center, the
UCLA Program on Mexico (POM) was established in 1982 to organize,
coordinate, and encourage worldwide research on Mexico, faculty and
student exchanges for research and teaching, and Mexico-related
activities at UCLA. The
program has developed into one of the most important centers for
Mexican studies in the world.
POM’s focus is on collaborative and bilateral research issues
that directly affect Mexican society and economy, the U.S.-Mexican
relationship, and Mexico's place in global affairs. The program
emphasizes publication efforts carried out jointly with Mexican
institutions. Its
mission involves introducing world scholars and policymakers to
Mexico's many economically and socially diverse geographic regions.
UCLA’s Center for
Near Eastern Studies (CNES)
Sponsored by the UCLA International Institute,
Relief International and the National Geographic Society, the
project aims to foster cross-cultural understanding, youth
empowerment and global citizenship. For more than two decades
the Center has been providing Los Angeles County teachers with
professional development opportunities through intensive summer
workshops on the Middle East and Islam. CNES also offers an annual
seminar for K-12 teachers, led by UCLA faculty members. On a
regional basis, the Center collaborates with the state-sponsored
California International Studies Project, a program designed to
strengthen student performance through the preparation of exemplary
teacher leaders. The Center was instrumental in the development of
curriculum materials which are now being used to connect Los Angeles
middle school students with their peers in Kabul, Afghanistan. CNES has taken a leading role in
developing Outreach World, a portal to resources for teaching
international and area studies in K-12 schools, produced by some 200
university-based and federally-funded research centers
nationwide.
UCLA Asia
Institute
Bringing Asia to Los Angeles Students: The Summer
Seminar
The UCLA
Asia Institute is engaged in educational outreach. For over two
decades UCLA International has offered specially-designed seminars
for secondary school teachers combining lectures, demonstrations,
and curriculum workshops. More than 160 teachers from over 105
schools have participated in the Asia-focused program, which is
supported by the United States Department of Education and is the
oldest and largest program of its kind in the region. Each year’s
program is organized around a particular theme and participants
approach the theme in small regional seminars. In addition to these
UCLA-based programs we offer
district and school site programs, and also
work with schools to develop special events such as an "Asian
Culture Day.”
The Center for
International and Development Education (CIDE)
Housed in the UCLA Graduate
School of Education and Information Studies, CIDE is a research and
action center whose mission is to provide quality information on a
variety of issues related to international and development
education. This is accomplished through a series of publications,
research programs, practical initiatives, and networks with existing
development and academic institutions. CIDE acts as a hub for
researchers and organizations to network with and learn about
critical issues in international and development education from a
wide range of fields and disciplines. The Center unites, informs,
and empowers individuals, groups, and organizations that are working
together to understand the key issues related to international and
development education. CIDE also seeks to form action research
partnerships.
Scholarship Resource
Center
UCLA’s Scholarship Resource Center provide
information and resources on a variety of scholarships that may be
used for international study.
Student
services include individual counseling, writing assistance,
workshops, and proofreading to help students with their scholarship
grant applications.
Global Impact
Research
The Global Impact Research initiative is designed
to facilitate faculty-led innovation in international research. The Institute supports several
innovative interdisciplinary research programs bringing together
UCLA faculty and students, as well as experts from around the world.
These cutting-edge scholarly research programs also promote
innovations in the classroom and seek to inform and stimulate debate
among a broad audience of citizens, opinion leaders, and
policy-makers.
Visiting Fulbright
Scholar Enrichment Program
The Institute is also home
to the Visiting Fulbright Scholar Enrichment Program for the greater
Los Angeles area.
International
Visitors Bureau
Established in 1966, the UCLA International
Visitors Bureau (IVB) is recognized nationally as one of the oldest
and most respected university-sponsored programs of its kind in the
country. The International Visitors Bureau (IVB) serves as a liaison
between UCLA faculty/administrators and international academic and
professional leaders by developing appropriate contacts. Through these contacts, IVB
provides opportunities to build intellectual exchanges and strategic
international alliances.
It schedules meetings, seminars,
luncheons, and campus tours for more than 800 visitors to the UCLA
campus each year. The IVB provides comprehensive programming for
outstanding leaders in government, politics, education, science,
labor relations, and other fields by incorporating the intellectual,
cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity of the UCLA campus.
International
Students Association (ISA)
The International Students
Association (ISA) is an organization targeted towards international,
and internationally-minded American, students and scholars at our
university.
Conclusion
UCLA can and should play a leading role in
training the next generation of leaders who will shape the world and
America’s place in it for decades to come. UCLA embraces international
education and various international projects and activities are
pervasive throughout the institution. Through the various programs
and activities outlined in this report, it is clear that UCLA is at
the forefront of international initiatives to promote the education
of global citizens through its degree programs, through the
people-to-people linkages it fosters among students, scholars, and
citizens around the globe, and through its commitment to helping
people everywhere become lifelong learners about their world. Now more than ever, building
global citizens is critical for a positive future. Engaging in international
activities is one of the best ways to give students the
international learning critical in the 21st Century, and UCLA is
doing just that.
UCLA has been involved in
integrating an
international perspective to its undergraduate and graduate
programs, as well as to faculty research, teaching, and community
service for many years.
We hope UCLA will provide a
useful model of institutional internationalization initiatives in
the 2005 edition of NAFSA’s Internationalizing the Campus: Profiles
of Success at Colleges and Universities.
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