International Educator - November/December 2007

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Cover Story

Engineering the World

Darlene Bremer
The importance of preparing future engineers to have an international mindset is crucial to their profession as it moves toward a more intercultural collaboration education on a global scale.

Features

Mastering International Development

Alan Dessoff
Helping improve societies around the globe are at the heart of international development graduate programs, which are becoming a greater force in higher education to promote positive change across borders.

Georgia Tech's Well-Engineered Engagement with the World

Christopher Connell
Georgia Tech was founded in 1885 by Atlantans hoping to push post-bellum Georgia into the industrial age. Today the institution is flourishing with two-thirds of its Ph.D.s in engineering along with 2,500 bachelor's of science and nearly 1,300 master's degrees. And an international focus to teaching engineering has emerged.

Departments

From the Editors

Recreating Disciplines with a Global Mindset
Elaina Loveland

Front Lines

Advancing International Education in the States
Vic Johnson and Filmona Hailemichael

Across Cultures

New Dimensions of a Kazakh-U.S. Partnership
Darkhan Bilyalov and Bernhard Streitwieser

Voices: Ronald Crutcher

An Interview with Wheaton College President Ronald Crutcher
Elaina Loveland

Education Abroad

The Career Value of Education Abroad
Sheila J. Curran

The Other Side of Education Abroad: Same City, Different Results

Dan's Story: An Ideal Education Abroad Case Study for Optimal Career Preparation

View from Out Here

An American in China
Matthew Painter

Forum

Internationalization Brings Important Benefits as Well as Risks
Jane Knight