Global Learning QEP: All hands on deck for internationalization efforts at FIU

ACE Conference participants, seated left to right: Nancy Borkowski, Hilary Landorf, Angela Salmon, Ophelia Weeks, Jeffrey Knapp. Standing, left to right: Stephanie Doscher, Marcia Magnus, Yong Tao, Dan Bentley-Baker.

Faculty members and administrators returned from a conference on internationalizing higher education curriculum energized about the possibilities of doing so at FIU. By Hilary Landorf, director of the Office of Global Learning Initiatives On January 30-31, 10 FIU faculty members and administrators braved the cold winds of Washington, D.C., to [...]

Global Learning QEP: FIU voices sought and heard

Focus-group sessions are providing critical feedback that is being used to guide decisions concerning QEP curriculum, assessment, marketing and communication. By Stephanie Doscher, associate director, Office of Global Learning Initiatives The purpose of FIU’s Global Learning Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is to educate for global citizenship – to empower every FIU student to actively [...]

Everything you always wanted to know about FIU’s Global Learning QEP (but didn’t know to ask)

FIU has chosen global learning—one of the three components of the university’s founding mission—as its QEP.

By Stephanie Doscher 1. What does QEP stand for? Quality Enhancement Plan 2. What is a QEP? Why does FIU need one? A QEP is a carefully designed plan for enhancing student learning. In order to have its accreditation reaffirmed by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 2010, [...]