Given the importance of nurturing an educational perspective that
goes beyond local and national boundaries, GSE has entered into
exchange agreements throughout the world. These agreements facilitate
significant academic contact between GSE faculty and faculty and
students from universities abroad. They provide the framework for
essential cooperation and joint ventures in research, instructional
collaboration, cultural exchange, and codevelopment and implementation
of binational research and development projects.
GSE has
previously entered into exchange agreements with the University of
Veracruz in Mexico, Beijing Normal University in the Peoples Republic
of China, Fukui and Osaka universities in Japan, Chungbuk University in
Korea, Kyiv State University in Ukraine, and Hebrew University in
Israel. Negotiations to establish exchange agreements with universities
in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and South Africa are under way.
These exchange agreements facilitate significant research collaboration
and academic contact between faculty and students of GSE and those from
universities abroad.
Study Programs
GSE
faculty members are committed to providing opportunities for students
and New Jersey educators to experience diverse educational experiences
outside of the classroom. Accordingly, faculty members have
launched a number of international initiatives, which have been
coordinated by the Office of Continuing Education and Global Programs.
These include study programs that have provided the opportunity for
students and faculty to study the educational systems and cultures of
China, Israel, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Ukraine, and the United
Kingdom. These educational programs are designed to facilitate
international contact and to further cross-national considerations of
educational issues.
Muskie/Soros Fellowship Program
Under the direction of Professor David Muschinske, the Muskie/Soros
Fellowship Program began at GSE in 1994. The Muskie/Soros program
selects each year, from over 1,500 applicants, 30 highly qualified
young professionals from former Soviet Union countries (the Newly
Independent States, NIS) and sponsors their study in master`s programs
at competitively selected American universities. The fellows are
selected using criteria, which include a strong undergraduate record, a
high degree of proficiency in English, and potential for leadership in
education at all levels. GSE has typically hosted students from
Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Baltics, Russia, and Ukraine, and these
students have returned to their home countries and assumed positions of
leadership in education at all levels.
If you are interested
in learning more about global programs, call 732/932-7496, ext. 8300,
or visit http://www.gse.rutgers.edu.
