CGE and ANDERSON UNIVERSITY cordially invite all presidents, academic officers, international program directors, faculty and interested staff to Anderson University, for the annual meeting of the Consortium for Global Education (CGE). 

International speakers will address issues of global education, the growth of students at international schools who are looking toward American higher education, student study abroad strategies, and the increased need to connect educational projects regionally.
 
The Breakout session topics for CGE that address important international issues and strategic partners:

• 1.   CGE Summer study Abroad Programs. (Arabic and Mandarin) These programs are targeted for language learning and use within a wide range of global application focusing on the student’s major academic study area.
  
  2.   CGE Student and Program Outcome Assessments.  A targeted discussion led by experienced administrators who will provide ideas for concrete value added components to benefit the international program and campus life.
  
  3.   CGEWorld Introductory Certificate Programs.  A session for information sharing on CGEWorld successes in Italy and Indonesia and future partnerships that may be arranged through CGE and America’s Friendship Force.
  
  4.   CGE Recruiting Efforts.  Increasingly CGE has been asked to link entities and individual institutions with CGE member universities and colleges.  Models for this will be presented and discussed. Overseas entities will represent their proposals.
  
  5.   CGE’s Middle East Initiative for Student Learning.  Several CGE member school Education Departments have been engaged in a strategic K-12 private school project with Samford University serving as the CGE flagship school. Overseas schools in Lebanon (9 evangelical and 7 to be added) led in the rapid growth of this program and have now involved Jordan (1), Tunisia (1), and the Holy Land (4). A web site program will be introduced and educators will be enlisted as educational experts to partner with more than twenty overseas K-12 partners.
  
  6.   CGE Ethnic Studies and Research Opportunities.  Students and Faculty can engage in research through CGE’s international ethno studies program with ICES (International Center for Ethnographic Studies).  Opportunities will be presented for study and research opportunities and submitting publications to their Ehtnostudies Journal.