Ryan McElveen, chair of the Committee on Curriculum Internationalization, challenged the University to respond within 10 days to his report outlining student dissatisfaction with University efforts to internationalize the University's curriculum at last night's Student Council meeting.
McElveen presented his report on the future of curriculum internationalization at the University to the representative body. The report, which was initially presented to the community in October, details the findings of a survey McElveen initiated last year that expresses the interests of students regarding internationalization at the University.
In remarks to Council, McElveen expressed his disappointment in the administration's lack of support for student-initiated curriculum improvement.
"I am tired of the University claiming to be international without making any real changes," McElveen said.
According to McElveen, no one from the administration has contacted him personally to discuss his findings. McElveen said he invited key members of the administration to both of his presentations of the report, yet nobody from the Commission on the Future of the University nor deans from any of the University's schools attended.
McElveen challenged the University administration to meet with him and discuss six "priorities for implementation" including increasing language opportunities at the University and creating an international center that can bring together all schools at the University to collaborate in internationalization efforts. He also emphasized the importance of providing more opportunities in non-Western areas of study as well as establishing equal credit for International Baccalaureate courses in comparison to Advanced Placement classes. McElveen called for the creation of a committee of faculty and students to explore these goals.
"The goal of this was to be an eye-opener to the administration," McElveen said. "Currently the way they [the administration] goes about things divides people rather than uniting them."
-- compiled by Franny Corneliussen
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