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Global Experiences and Career Development

Global Experiences and Career Development. Melanie Parker, Executive Director Global Education & Career Development mlparker@mit.edu http://gecd.mit.edu. Helping MIT Students Find Their Path and Start the Journey.

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Global Experiences and Career Development

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  1. Global ExperiencesandCareer Development Melanie Parker, Executive Director Global Education & Career Development mlparker@mit.edu http://gecd.mit.edu

  2. Helping MIT Students Find Their Path and Start the Journey Helps students plan and prepare for their careers, internships, and employment. Connects them to employers & industry. Helps students to Study Abroad, and discover other opportunities to go abroad. Helps students explore and prepare for application to medical and health profession schools.

  3. MIT Global Education Programs Study Abroad Internships Service/Service Learning Research

  4. 2012-13 Participation • Internships: 543 • Study Abroad: 140 • Service: 89 • Research: 49 TOTAL: 821 Global Experiences Prepare MIT Graduates as Global-Ready Leaders 4

  5. MIT Students in the World • 45 Countries (Top 10: Israel, Germany, Italy, Spain, China, France, India, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom)

  6. Global Competency • Understands global economic and political trends • Demonstrates cross cultural communication • Knowledgeable of world events, culture, and history • Works well in different cultures • Recognizes that own world view is not universal Source for global competencies: Deardorff, D. (2004). The identification and assessment of intercultural competence as a student outcome of internationalization at institutions of higher education in the United States.

  7. Source: IES Abroad Recent Graduate Survey, 2012

  8. MIT Global Participants Report Increased Skills

  9. Other Benefits initiative higher grades independence higher earnings world view tolerance problem solving emotional stability maturity on-time graduation big picture thinking openness leadership

  10. Global Program Alumni Work Trends • Tend toward international or multicultural jobs • Cite the global experience as a key factor in their success • Many indicate that global experience influenced their career choice • Report high levels of career satisfaction • More competitive in job market because of language and cross-cultural communications • Global experience influenced their professional ethics

  11. QUESTIONS ANSWERS

  12. Study Abroad and IROP Malgorzata Hedderick, Associate Dean Global Education & Career Development

  13. Guiding Principles for Study Abroad at MIT • Spearheaded or supported by faculty members and by academic departments • Providing students with firsthand experience at overseas universities or MIT faculty led • High-impact learning • Sustainable partnerships with overseas partners

  14. Spectrum of Study Abroad Programs at MIT • By duration: semester, academic year, IAP (month of January), summer, spring break • By entry point: short introductory programs, intense IAP and summer programs, and full emersion semester and year-long programs • By type: exchanges, other in-house, direct enrollment, and IEO programs, language programs and programs in the major, hybrid programs

  15. Examples of Study Abroad Programs at MIT • Cambridge-MIT Exchange: started in 2000; by end of 2015 719 total participants (354 MIT, 365 Cambridge) • Departmental Exchanges: Oxford, Imperial, ETH, HKU, Pretoria, SciencesPo • MIT-Madrid Program: including optional internship • IAP-Madrid Program: Spanish language program • LSE, Chinese language programs, LLIC • Pretoria and Sabancispring break programs

  16. Study Abroad: Three-part Engagement Process PREPARATION • Health and safety • Academics • Cultural awareness • Goal setting PROGRAM • Understanding how students in other cultures learn & problem-solve • Experiencing other culture firsthand • Learning how to be a part or lead multicultural teams • Foreign language acquisition RE-ENTRY • Revisiting goals • Integrating learning • Understanding & articulating gains for career and life • Peer advisor program

  17. IROP: INTERNATIONAL UROP • UROP: faculty-mentored research - was launched 45 years agoandcurrently 88% of students participate at some point while undergraduates. • IROP: UROP where student does some or all of the research in a foreign setting • Two scenarios: • Undergraduates are actively supporting the overseas research of MIT faculty • Students are doing a more independent research that complements the research interests of MIT faculty • Predominantly conducted during summers

  18. IROP: 2013 Snapshot • In AY and summer 2013 IROP projects took place in 26 countries, including Brazil, Ecuador, UK, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, Switzerland and Turkey • Approximately $440K of MIT funding committed for this period: for weekly wages for students and travel expenses

  19. Examples of IROP Projects • CHILE: Optimal Design of Permeable Fiber Network Structures • GHANA: Organic Waste Management • ISRAEL:  Waterborne Pathogenic Bacteria in Greywater Systems • ITALY: Energy Control in Electric Vehicles • SPAIN: Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Model • UK: Nanoparticle cellular toxicity

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