A possible collaboration between San Diego Miramar College and SCS-CUHK

1. A possible collaboration between San Diego Miramar College and SCS-CUHK

2. The CUHK was founded in 1949 and is situated on top of a forest green mountain called Shatin overlooking the mystic beauty of China Sea with mountains and islands leading to Mainland China. It has four colleges: New Asia College, Chung Chi College, The United College and Shaw College. It is the most prestigious University in HK

3. A Comparison of Higher Education Between US and China & HK UNITED STATES High School students take Standard Admission Test (SAT) About 35-40% enter private/State Colleges and Universities About 50% enter the 2 years Community Colleges which are lower divisions of the State Universities. Graduates of Community College can transfer to universities or enter workforce Bright Community College students do not have to stop short of their higher education CHINA AND HK After High School Graduation Students take Univ Entrance Exam A small 3% passed and enter Univ A large % failed and enter workforce or technical or vocational schools Graduates of the Technical Schools can never be transferred to the elite Universities As a result, many talent technical graduates stop short of their education potential

4. CUHK Selected Miramar College for Partnership • To offer some of Miramar College’s Associate degree programs in Hong Kong • Enable the Chinese students to transfer to the UC, CSU and private/public US universities and colleges upon completion • To start with Business Administration and Computer Information Sciences • Target date of instructions: Fall 2001

5. Current Collaboration Between CUHK and US Universities • Master Degree in Managerial Economics with University of Oklahoma • UO grants the Master degree, sets the curriculum, assignments, examinations and teach all the courses. CUHK promotes the program and coordinate Chinese students with UO • Advanced Certificate in Arts and Entertainment Management with SUNY Binghamton • SUNY grants the Certificate, sets the curriculum, teaches half of the courses. CUHK promotes the program, coordinate students and SUNY, and recruit teachers to teach the remaining courses

6. Has Contract Education been done between a California Community College and a University in China? Answer is YES! • City College of San Francisco offers 5 courses in Peking University. Chinese students take them and transfer them to CCSF. • The contract project is financed by an airline firm. • CCSF provides program management and supervision of CCSF staff in China. Airline Company and Peking University recruit students. • “As long as courses offered overseas are identical as the ones at home, accreditation is NOT necessary, but WASC should be informed” stated Julie Tang, Director of the program at CCSF

7. And So the Journey Begins

8. The eagle has landed on the apex of Victoria Peak

9. A Journey of Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Step

10. Together in front of the library of CUHK

11. San Diego Miramar College Team stands tall in Front of Science Building of CUHK

12. CUHK is situated in Shatin, Shing Mum River Science Building CUHK Mr. Lee, Dr. Keir, Pro-Vice Chancellor Ambrose King in front of landmark of CUHK Students on CUHK Campus

13. The San Diego Miramar College and the SCS-CUHK Teams are ready for work.

14. Two days of intensive meetings

15. Agenda: • Nature and aims of proposed collaborative programs • Major disciplines chosen and their curricula • Minimum admission requirements (including standard of English language, both written and spoken) • Prospective student populations • Class size and number of intake per year • Teaching staff and distribution of semester units to be taught

16. Agenda Continued • Delivery format and class schedule—intensive face-to-face teaching block (2 weeks) and web based distance learning ( more info later) • Assessment methods and criteria for graduation • Quality assurance—Program Advisory Committee & Examination Board • Participation of Miramar College students in the Hong Kong Program • Facilities and student support (more info later) • Financial arrangements

17. Memorandum of Understanding Signed

18. Elements of Memorandum • San Diego Miramar College (SDMC) will make every effort to provide courses for these Associate Degree programs which are transferable to and accepted by UC, CSU and other private and public US colleges and universities. • To enable SDMC students to enrich their learning experience by studying in an Asian society, provision will be made to let a certain number of SDMC students participate in some of the courses offered in Hong Kong.

19. Memorandum continued • The Curricula of SDMC will be adopted with appropriate adaptations for local relevance, if and when necessary. • SDMC will provide qualified instructors to teach these Associate Degree programs. Once a pilot is completed, SCS faculty who meet the SDMC qualifications and approved by the Miramar College faculty may teach some courses.

20. Memorandum continued • SDMC is responsible for curricula for teaching, setting academic standard and requirements, assessment criteria and methods, provide qualified instructors and for training SCS instructors when appropriate, admitting students, awarding the Associate Degree, liaison with UC, CSU and others

21. Memorandum continued • SCS-CUHK is responsible for marketing, handling students inquiries and local student administration, providing teaching and support facilities, providing qualified adjunct instructors when appropriate, input on curricular adaptation, liaison with SDMC, UC, CSU and other colleges/universities on matter of articulation to the Chinese student’s bachelor degree programs.

22. A sense of accomplishment after the memorandum signed

23. Exchanging gifts

24. Exotic lunch hosted by Pro-Vice-Chancellor Ambrose King at beautiful restaurant on Shing Mum River

25. What kind of facilities and living environment are there at SCS-CUHK?SCS-CUHK is located in Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, opposite side of HK

26. The living and working environment for Miramar’s faculty is utmost important and we found it to be very comfortable, affordable, and convenient. The hotel is 1 min walk to classroom. This is Park Hotel where we and future Miramar faculty will likely stay SCS Building is here

27. The SCS-CUHK facilities is consisted of four floors in a building one minute walk from the Park Hotel where faculty likely stay.

28. The multi-media classroom is equipped with TV monitor, computer, projector and document camera donated from a Japanese organization. The classroom is somewhat narrow but colorful.

29. There are three computer labs with about 100 computers Three classrooms one of which is for music class And a conference room one floor is for admin-istration (We did not see )

30. Western breakfast buffer is$6 ($US1= $HK7.5) with a lot to eatand the coffee is good (noted Berta) PARK HOTEL

31. A lovely dinner room at the hotel. We had our first dim sum breakfast here, 7 people for about $30. Food is really inexpensive if you eat at local small restaurants by the hotel. Lunch can be as little as $4 for two persons. We tried it.

32. The hotel provides fax, printer and duplication at the Guest Service Center. If you want to set up e-mail on your laptop in your room, you can either ask Gin Gee before you go or ask a Chinese guy named Vincent at the lobby counter when you are there, he will give you userID, password, telephone and electrical adaptors for $15 deposit. Airport shutter to airport is about $11. Guest Service Center Who’s at Hotel Lobby

33. Hotel facilities is clean, comfortable and provide you a hair dryer and an iron. You can access to the Internet and http:// owa.sdccd.net and your website in your room. All for about $65 a day.

34. This is the street just across from our hotel where there are American Express and 7 & 11 store where Pat went for coffee at 4AM by herself. Helen just enjoyed watching people walking from her window. Everywhere is teeming with life and shopping multitude

35. The two programs selectedCourses for Computer & Information Sciences • Buse 119 Business Communication, 3 units • Buse 140 Business Law & Legal Environment, 3 • ACCT 116A Principles of Accounting-Financial, 3 • ACCT 116B Principles of Accounting-Managerial, 3 • CISC 181 Principles of Information System, 4 • Math 119 Elementary Statistics, 3 • CISC 186 Visual Basic Programming, 4 • CISC 190 Java Programming, 4 • CISC 192 C++ Programming, 4 _________________ Total Major Units 31

36. Required Courses for Business Administration (BA) • BUSE 100 Introduction to Business 3 Units • BUSE 119 Business Communications 3 • BUSE 140 Business Law & Legal Environ. 3 • BUSE 201 Business Organization & Mgmt 3 (?) • ACCT 116A Principles of Accounting-Finan. 4 • ACCT 116B Principles of Accounting-Mang. 4 • CISC 181 Principles of Information System 4 • ECON 120 Principles of Economics I 3 • ECON 121 Principles of Economics II 3 • ENGL 101 Reading and Composition 3 • MATH 119 Elementary Statistics 3 Total major Units 36

37. Courses Required by: District and General Educ For AS Degree ENGL 101 or 105 XX 3 units BUSE 101 Bus.MathX X 3 POLI 102 Am PoliticX 3 HE 101 Health X 3 PE Physical Ed X 1 SPEE 180 Multicultural X 3 Biol 105 Principles Biol X 3 Biol 106 Lab X 1 PHYN 100 Physical Sci X 3 Humanities(Music, art, Humanities or philosophy) X 3 PSYC 101 Gen. Psychology X3 Total Units…………...29

38. What can instructors do in HK besides teaching?

39. Doing Exercise with local people at 5:30 at Kowloon Park, 10 minutes walk from our hotel

40. Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping Shopping

41. Take a Sentimental Journey in Hong Kong Harbor

42. Enjoy some of the most delicious dishes in the world We might not have learned much Chinese but we sure ate plenty. Who say Diane Glow can’t use chopsticks?

43. If one meal is not enough, eat another! Eating is a fine art in Hong Kong

44. Go and smell the fish market and see how many people actually live in junks

45. Hong Kong is safe to walk and wonder anytime

46. Take a ferry to Macau and see some of antiquities of yesteryears and the Portuguese influence. Macau was returned to China last year. (Robin went to Macau and took the photos)

47. Join a tour and see the vista at Victoria Peak

48. Take a 2.5 hour- train ride to mainland China and see the dragon of the 21st Century

49. Or simply be young and restless in the dawning of a new day in HK

50. As instructor, how should I prepare for 2 weeks teaching assignment in HK? • Textbooks- order with Dr. S. Wong, Senior Program Leader, 3-4 months ahead • Be as prepared as possible with hand-out, quiz and exam materials before departing San Diego. • If you need computers for your lessons, let Dr. Wong know so she can schedule them. • Think of what materials you will leave behind for HK administrators & tutor after you departed • Develop a lesson plan for 2 weeks with some flexibility as illustrated with a model for 17 weeks/term: