Global University - Revision history

Admin at 00:59, 13 December 2013

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Mangaratiba at 23:40, 30 March 2012

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Pacman: /* "Global" projects undertaken under Bollinger */

2010-07-23T07:54:45Z

‎"Global" projects undertaken under Bollinger

Pacman: /* "Global" projects undertaken under Bollinger */

2010-07-23T07:22:39Z

‎"Global" projects undertaken under Bollinger

Pacman: /* "Global" projects undertaken under Bollinger */

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‎"Global" projects undertaken under Bollinger

Pacman: /* Other potential drawbacks */

2010-07-23T07:18:47Z

‎Other potential drawbacks

Pacman at 07:18, 23 July 2010

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Pacman at 07:08, 23 July 2010

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Pacman at 07:05, 23 July 2010

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 *Revamping Columbia's [[study abroad]] programs under a newly-created Office of Global Programs
-*[[CCE]]'s creation of the [[Columbia Experience Overseas]] to give students work experience abroad
+*[[Center for Career Education]]'s creation of the [[Columbia Experience Overseas]] to give students work experience abroad
 ===Primarily research-oriented===

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 *The initiation of the [[World Leaders Forum]], bringing global heads of state to campus during the UN General Assembly and other parts of the year
-*The establishment of [[Columbia Global Centers]] in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Paris ([[Reid Hall]]), and Mumbai in order to coordinate research and (to a lesser degree) teaching in their respective regions
+*The establishment of [[Columbia Global Centers]] in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Paris ([[Reid Hall (Paris)|Reid Hall]]), and Mumbai in order to coordinate research and (to a lesser degree) teaching in their respective regions
 *The creation of the [[Committee on Global Thought]], a sort of high council of scholars with a vague but definitively global purpose
 *The creation of the position of Vice Provost of International Relations
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 Several preexisting Columbia international assets or programs have not been folded into the above programs. These include:
 *[[Casa Murano]] in Venice, which is being fitted out as a study center (donated to Columbia)
-*The [[Oxford]]/[[Cambridge]] exchange program (preexisting)
+*The [[Oxford]]/[[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] exchange program (preexisting)
 *Columbia's Medieval France study program (preexisting)
 *The Columbia archaeological dig at Amheida, Egypt (preexisting)
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 *If anything, Columbia's "global university" initiative may suffer from more shine than substance. It's still unclear what the pedagogical payoff of many of the initiatives are, particularly seeming PR stunts like the Committee on Global Thought.
-*Other initiatives seem to represent little more than a reshuffling or rationalization of preexisting programs or commitments, which may even be negatively impacted - some programs at Columbia's Paris campus, Reid Hall, have had to close down in the wake of its conversion into a "Global Center," for example, and the [[University Archives]] were forced to merge with the [[Rare Book and Manuscript Library]] to make space for the Committee's meetings.
+*Other initiatives seem to represent little more than a reshuffling or rationalization of preexisting programs or commitments, which may even be negatively impacted - some programs at Columbia's Paris campus, [[Reid Hall (Paris)|Reid Hall]], have had to close down in the wake of its conversion into a "Global Center," for example, and the [[University Archives]] were forced to merge with the [[Rare Book and Manuscript Library]] to make space for the Committee's meetings.
 *Getting deeply involved in the rest of the world is not without its risks, as Bollinger found out during the [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] controversy, which led to questions about who was allowed to speak at the World Leaders Forum, and perhaps with withdrawal of more than a few donations.
 *And, of course, it's questionable whether it's a good idea to divert resources into expensive international programs that could be more efficiently deployed in New York - on, say, the space needs that should be addressed by Bollinger's other major initiative, the [[Manhattanville campus]].
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 *The initiation of the [[World Leaders Forum]], bringing global heads of state to campus during the UN General Assembly and other parts of the year
-*The establishment of [[Columbia Global Centers]] in Amman, Beijing, Paris ([[Reid Hall]]), and Mumbai in order to coordinate research and (to a lesser degree) teaching in their respective regions
+*The establishment of [[Columbia Global Centers]] in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Paris ([[Reid Hall]]), and Mumbai in order to coordinate research and (to a lesser degree) teaching in their respective regions
 *The creation of the [[Committee on Global Thought]], a sort of high council of scholars with a vague but definitively global purpose
 *The creation of the position of Vice Provost of International Relations

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 *Revamping the [[Institute of African Studies]] and giving African Studies a permanent home in the [[MEALAC]] department
 *Founding the [[Global Health Research Center of Central Asia]]
 ==Global resources and programs unrelated to the initiative==

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 ===Major university-wide projects===
 *The initiation of the [[World Leaders Forum]], bringing global heads of state to campus during the UN General Assembly and other parts of the year
 *The establishment of [[Columbia Global Centers]] in Amman, Beijing, Paris ([[Reid Hall]]), and Mumbai in order to coordinate research and (to a lesser degree) teaching in their respective regions
 *The creation of the position of Vice Provost of International Relations
 ===Graduate and professional school-oriented===
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 ===Primarily research-oriented===
 *Revamping the [[Institute of African Studies]] and giving African Studies a permanent home in the [[MEALAC]] department
 *Founding the [[Global Health Research Center of Central Asia]]

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 Columbia is hardly alone in its global ambitions. Other universities have moved in with specific programs (like [[Princeton]] in Africa), partnerships (like [[Yale]]'s deepening bond with China) or even satellite campuses (being built by [[NYU]] in the UAE to supplement already sumptuous study abroad facilities worldwide). The Columbia approach, however, appears to be more comprehensive. The Global Centers maximize focus in a minimum number of locations without being too costly, and the creation of so many new programs at the university level itself is a clearly distinct phenomenon.
-==Other potential drawbacks==
+===Other potential drawbacks===
 *If anything, Columbia's "global university" initiative may suffer from more shine than substance. It's still unclear what the pedagogical payoff of many of the initiatives are, particularly seeming PR stunts like the Committee on Global Thought.