Global Learning Resources

Research

AAC&U National Survey on Diversity Requirements
This survey of 546 colleges and universities across the country found that 62 percent of respondents report that they either have in place a diversity requirement or they are in the process of developing one. The survey was administered by the Association of American Colleges and Universities and supported by the James Irvine Foundation.

AAHE Research Forum on Diversity and Learning: A Research Agenda
The American Association of Higher Education Research Forum has created a research agenda on issues of diversity and learning that grows out of the AAHE year 2000 conference theme. The AAHE Research Forum is convened annually to involve individuals committed to research and scholarship in higher education. The 2000 AAHE Research Agenda Topics are: Ensuring Access; Supporting Student Success; Creating Inclusive Curriculum and Pedagogies; and Building a Diverse Faculty and Staff.

Internationalization of U.S. Higher Education: Preliminary Status Report 2000
This report, produced by the American Council on Education (ACE) with funding from the Ford Foundation, is available in pdf format and also for purchase. It presents an overview of international education at U.S. colleges and universities. It reviews both published and unpublished accounts of curricular and co-curricular undergraduate internationalization, and concludes that the data suggest that, in spite of an apparent growing national interest in international education, relatively few undergraduates gain international or intercultural competence in college. A press release is also available.

Managing Global Issues Information Project, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
This project conducted a large-scale comparative assessment of lessons learned from international efforts to manage a range of global issues, including the environment, organized crime, trade, financial markets, weapons of mass destruction, human rights, refugees, development assistance, civil conflicts, labor rights, and information technology. The primary goal was to identify lessons that may be transferable from one field to others and to identify successes and failures in global governance regimes.

AAC&U offers these resources only as possible models of interest and has not submitted each of them to any substantial peer or quality review. If you have questions about any particular resource, please contact the institution sponsoring it directly.