CLAC

Dear Educators and Colleagues:

I. Call for Reviewers

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the
Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) invite you
to serve as a reviewer or nominate someone who can serve as a reviewer
on a new initiative called the Global Learning Syllabus Project.  This
project aims to develop a database of undergraduate courses across all
disciplines that reflect significant global content intended to advance
global learning among undergraduate students.  Educators will submit
syllabi via the project website, and these syllabi will be reviewed by
educators in the broad disciplinary area of the given course.  To see
our definition of global learning and our criteria for a global learning
course, go to http://international.nau.edu/glsp/index.html.  (A special
thank you to Northern Arizona University and AIEA’s Editorial Board
Chair Harvey Charles for hosting this site.)

We invite you to nominate someone (self-nominations are welcome) to
serve as a syllabi reviewer for the Global Learning Syllabus Project.
We encourage you to nominate any educator who you think might have the
skills and interest to serve in this capacity.  Our aim is to have as
large a number of reviewers as possible to make the task of reviewing
more manageable.  Qualifications to serve as a reviewer would include a
willingness to support this project and a commitment to global learning
in the undergraduate experience.  Nominations should include the
following:

*    A statement of qualifications/interest on behalf of the nominee
or oneself in participating as a reviewer in this project.
*    Name, institutional affiliation, position/rank, telephone
number, email address

This information should be emailed to glsp@nau.edu by June 30, 2010.
The managing panel of this project will review the nominations and
communicate with the nominees by July 9, 2010.

Please note that reviewers should also feel welcome to submit syllabi to
be considered for inclusion in the database.

We look forward to receiving your nominations.  Thank you!

II. Call for Global Learning Syllabi Submissions

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the
Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) invite you
to participate in a new initiative called the Global Learning Syllabus
Project.  This project aims to develop a database of undergraduate
courses across all disciplines that reflect significant global content
intended to advance global learning among undergraduate students.

We define global learning as referring “to the study of global (systems
and phenomena transcending national borders), international (nations and
their relationships), and intercultural (knowledge and skills to
understand and navigate cultural differences) themes and content”
(University Leadership Council (2009). Global Learning in the
Undergraduate Curriculum: Preparing Students to Live and Work in an
Interconnected World. The Advisory Board Company, Washington D.C.)

Please  read the criteria outlined at
http://international.nau.edu/glsp/submitting.html and submit your
syllabi to be considered for inclusion in this database.  The initial
deadline to submit syllabi is June 30, 2010.  Syllabi will be reviewed
by educators within your broad disciplinary area.  These reviewers will
recommend those syllabi deemed suitable for inclusion in the database to
the managing panel of the Global Learning Syllabus Project.  The
database is hosted by Northern Arizona University.

We look forward to receiving your syllabi submissions.  Whether or not
you are able to submit syllabi, we encourage you to share this
information with other faculty who may have developed syllabi that meet
the criteria we have described.  We thank you for your support of this
project.

Darla Deardorff, AIEA

Kevin Hovland, AAC&U