Center for International Education

Last updated

The Center for International Education (CIE) is a program within the Department of Education Policy, Research and Administration (EPRA) in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. CIE is closely integrated with the academic program in International education offered by EPRA. Center members consist of faculty, staff, current students, and graduates.

Contents

Institutional profile

The Center for International Education is housed in the Educational Policy, Research and Administration Department of the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, [1] since 1969. The Center offers graduate-level professional training, service, and research opportunities in the areas of international development education; non-formal and popular education and literacy; community development and empowerment; education in fragile states; education policy, planning and leadership; and internationalizing U.S. education.

Core capabilities

Briefly summarized below are the kinds of service that CIE provides. [2]

Project development and implementation

CIE has been a partner in implementing many large-scale formal and non-formal development education projects. In a typical program, CIE may provide one or more of the following services: long-term technical assistance; short-term consulting services; institutional capacity building; research and evaluation; staff training; and program planning.

Curriculum development

Many of CIE's projects involve developing curricula for adults in formal and non-formal educational contexts. CIE focuses on building local capacity to design, develop and evaluate curricula appropriate to local interests, needs and resources.

Research design and program evaluation

CIE and the associated faculty within the department have both extensive experience and capability in using a variety of approaches to research and evaluation. The Center is particularly well known for qualitative, participatory and practitioner-based approaches to research and evaluation. Faculty within the department are experts in measurement and assessment.

Training

Most programs fall under one of three training formats: degree training; customized short-term professional training for specific clientele; and the management and support of degree candidates at institutions of higher education.

Materials development, media, and technology

Some CIE techniques include: web-based learning and action, community drama, role plays, puppet shows, fotonovelas, radio programs for distance education, video and theater, electronic learning aids, and simple audiovisual tools.

Directors

David R. Evans, 1969 - 2015

Joseph B. Berger, 2016 - 2017

Melinda Novack (Interim), 2017-2018

Ian Barron, 2018–present

Current Faculty (2018-2019 Academic Year)

Ian Barron (D.Ed.Psy, Dundee, 2009)
Cristine Smith (Ed.D. UMass, 1997)
Jacqueline Mosselson (Ph.D., Columbia University, 2002)
Bjorn Harald Nordtveit (PhD, University of Maryland, 2005)
Ash Hartwell, (Ed.D. UMass, 1973)

Sharon F. Rallis (Ed.D., Harvard University, 1982)
John P. Comings (Ed.D., UMass, 1979)
Joseph Berger (Ph.D. Vanderbilt, 1997)

Retired Faculty (2018-2019 Academic Year)

David R. Evans (Ph.D., Stanford, 1969)
Gretchen B. Rossman (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1983)

George E. Urch (Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan, 1967)
Robert J. Miltz (Ph.D. Stanford University, 1971)

Sharon F. Rallis (Ed.D., Harvard University, 1982)

Degree Programs

The center for International Education is part of the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts. The School of Education offers the following two degrees:

  1. Masters in Education (M.Ed.) in International Education
  2. Doctorate (Ed.D.) in Education Policy and Leadership with a specialization in International Education.

Projects

CIE has been awarded contracts on over 70 projects in 25 different countries in its history.[ citation needed ]

Current projects

Higher Education Project (HEP)

[3] There are five major components of the HEP project:

  • Building the capacity of the Ministry of Higher Education and developing quality control mechanisms at the university level
  • Maintaining the existing Professional Development Centers in 11 Universities and creating two new ones
  • Continuing to operate and build the sustainability of the Master's in Education at Kabul Education University
  • Designing and preparing to start a bachelor's degree in Public Policy & Administration in four or five provincial Universities; *Designing and preparing a Master's in Public Policy and Administration to be offered at Kabul University
  • Continuing to upgrade the capability of faculty members to teach English, Math & Science to pre-service teachers. (This component is done by Indiana University).

The Adult Transitions Longitudinal Study (ATLAS)

[4] The Adult Transitions Longitudinal Study (ATLAS) documents the educational and economic outcomes of adult basic education students who participate in the New England ABE-to-College Transition Project in 2007 and 2008. The Project seeks to bridge the academic gaps between a GED and college-level work through direct instruction and counseling that addresses the social barriers experienced by non-traditional adult students.

Faculty Development in Foundations – Gaza

This project, by request of the Palestinian government, supports teacher education faculty professional development at Al-Azhar University – Gaza by sharing tools to incorporate more participatory techniques in their classrooms with a large number of students. Select faculty will be visiting the United States to observe other techniques. A follow-up visit to Gaza will support further professional development for Teacher Education faculty.

Global Horizons-USA

[5] Global Horizon's primary mission is to promote a greater awareness of the world community in Massachusetts' schools K-12 by providing global and multicultural education curriculum resources and training to educators throughout the Western Massachusetts region.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Massachusetts Boston</span> Public research university in Boston, Massachusetts, US

The University of Massachusetts Boston is a public research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the only public research university in Boston and the third-largest campus in the five-campus University of Massachusetts system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Massachusetts Amherst</span> Public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, US

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system, and was founded in 1863 as the Massachusetts Agricultural College. It is also a member of the Five College Consortium, along with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Massachusetts</span> Public university system in Massachusetts

The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system and the only public research system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university system includes five campuses, a satellite campus in Springfield and also 25 campuses throughout California and Washington with the University of Massachusetts Global.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Massachusetts Lowell</span> Public research university in Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.

The University of Massachusetts Lowell is a public research university in Lowell, Massachusetts, with a satellite campus in Haverhill, Massachusetts. It is the northernmost member of the University of Massachusetts public university system and has been accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) since 1975. With 1,110 faculty members and over 18,000 students, it is the largest university in the Merrimack Valley and the second-largest public institution in the state. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".

The Doctor of Education is a research or professional doctoral degree that focuses on the field of education. It prepares the holder for academic, research, administrative, clinical, or professional positions in educational, civil, private organizations, or public institutions. Considerable differences exist in structure, content and aims between regions.

The UCLA School of Education and Information Studies is one of the academic and professional schools at the University of California, Los Angeles. Located in Los Angeles, California, the school combines two departments. Established in 1881, the school is the oldest unit at UCLA, having been founded as a normal school prior to the establishment of the university. It was incorporated into the University of California in 1919.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harvard Graduate School of Education</span> Education school of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) is the education school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1920, it was the first school to grant the EdD degree and the first Harvard school to award degrees to women. HGSE enrolls more than 800 students in its one-year master of education (Ed.M.) and three-year doctor of education leadership (Ed.L.D.) programs.

Peri Tarr received her BS in Zoology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1986, and her MS and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Between her BS and MS/PhD, she worked full-time at the University of Massachusetts Physical Plant, attempting to introduce an automated system to help with the Plant's operations. After receiving her PhD, she joined the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center as a Research Staff Member in 1996, where she worked on and led various projects relating to issues of software composition, morphogenic software, and aspect-oriented software development.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">McCourt School of Public Policy</span> Constituent school of Georgetown University

The McCourt School of Public Policy is one of ten constituent schools of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The McCourt School offers master's degrees in public policy, international development policy, policy management, data science for public policy, and policy leadership as well as administers several professional certificate programs and houses fifteen affiliated research centers. The McCourt School has twenty-one full-time faculty members, ten visiting faculty members, more than one-hundred adjunct faculty members and approximately 450 enrolled students across the various degree and executive education programs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack M. Wilson</span> American educator and entrepreneur

Jack M. Wilson is an American educator, entrepreneur and the President-Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Innovation at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. During his career, he has served various institutions as professor of physics, department chair, research center director, dean, provost, vice president, and president, and has served with multiple professional societies and government committees.

Dwight W. Allen was a professor of education, eminent scholar, and lifelong education reformist. He served as a professor and Director of Teacher Education at his alma mater, the Stanford Graduate School of Education from 1959 to 1967. He was Dean of the College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, from 1968 to 1975. In 1978, Allen became a Professor of Education and Eminent Scholar of Educational Reform at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Allen retired from Old Dominion University in July 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Istanbul Kültür University</span> Turkish private university located in İstanbul

İstanbul Kültür University (İKÜ) is one of the many private universities located in Istanbul, Turkey. It has a total of four campuses all in close proximity to each other in the western part of Istanbul. The three campuses are located in Şirinevler, İncirli, Basın Ekspres and Ataköy This non-profit University was founded in 1997; its Industrial Engineering started in the 1997–98 academic year. The university has five schools and two vocational schools. In 2009, Global Political Trends Center, a policy oriented research institution, was founded under the auspices of the university.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jane Fountain</span> Political scientist

Jane E. Fountain is an American political scientist and technology theorist. She is Distinguished University Professor of political science and public policy, the founder and director of the National Center for Digital Government at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and formerly faculty at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She is known for her work on institutional change and on the use of technology in governance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Social and Behavioral Sciences</span> School at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is home to the School of Public Policy as well as nine academic departments offering 13 undergraduate majors, 11 areas of Master's and doctoral study, and a number of graduate certificate programs. The college bridges science and liberal arts, encouraging students to pursue cross-disciplinary studies, take classes outside their chosen major, and participate in research projects with faculty mentors.

Nilanjana Dasgupta is a social psychologist whose work focuses on the effects of social contexts on implicit stereotypes - particularly on factors that insulate women in STEM fields from harmful stereotypes which suggest that females perform poorly in such areas. Dasgupta is a professor of Psychology and is the Director of the Institute of Diversity Sciences and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cynthia Shepard Perry</span> American diplomat

Cynthia Helena Shepard Perry was an American educator and diplomat. She served as U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone and Burundi and as American Executive Director of the African Development Bank. Throughout her career Perry promoted racial and gender equality, international cooperation, and African economic development.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Pallas</span> American neuroscientist

Sarah L. Pallas is an American neuroscientist and a Professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) known for her cross-modal plasticity work and map compression studies in the visual and auditory cortical pathways.

Marcellette ("Marci") Gaillard-Gay Williams is an American retired academic administrator who served as interim chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst from July 2001 until July 2002. She was the university's eighth chancellor and the first woman to serve in the position.

Susan Krauss Whitbourne is a developmental clinical psychologist known for her work on personality and identity over the lifespan. She holds the position of professor emerita of psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The UMass Donahue Institute is a public service, research, and economic development unit of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The institute conducts research and provides technical assistance to public and private organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions

References

  1. "Academic Concentrations & Research Centers | School of Education | University of Massachusetts Amherst". Umass.edu. 2008-04-03. Archived from the original on 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  2. "CIE - Capabilities and Services". Umass.edu. 2007-03-29. Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  3. Melissa Beuoy, Global Learning Portal Afghanistan Higher Education Project: The Impact of Education Technology Retrieved from "GLP Home - Global Learning Portal". Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2012-02-05. February 4, 2012
  4. "ATLAS - Adult Transitions Longitudinal Study". Umass.edu. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  5. "CIE - Projects and Activities". Umass.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-02-05.