IIE Hosts U.S. Study Tour for German Leaders

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For the first week of October, the Institute of International Education will host ten higher education leaders from Germany on a five-day study tour of U.S. campuses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, organized on behalf of the German-American Fulbright Commission.

In 2010, the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft and the Stiftung Mercator initiated a competition among universities for the best concepts of university outreach and civic engagement in Germany. The competition was developed to inspire German higher education institutions to assert a more public role that goes beyond the delivery of instruction and considers a university's impact on economic and workforce development, education reform, municipal planning, as well as social and cultural welfare.

The goal of the seminar, "Connecting Knowledge to Serve Society: University Engagement in the U.S.," is to introduce representatives from the ten finalist institutions to higher education in the United States, and how diverse U.S. schools develop their university engagement and outreach. A cooperative project supported by the Stifterverband and conducted by the German-American Fulbright Commission, the seminar will focus on management and governance, marketing and competition, financing, decision-making, and quality assurance at U.S. universities.

During the week, the German delegation will travel to and meet with leaders from six public and private universities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including Carnegie Mellon University, the Major’s Office of Education, Community College of Philadelphia, Temple University, New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, Rutgers, and the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick.

For more information, please visit: www.iie.org/Who-We-Are/News-and-Events/Press-Center/Press-Releases/2011/2011-10-03-German-American-Fulbright-Commission-Study-Tour