Globalizing the Curriculum: How international faculty expand course offerings

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By Ugur Guven

As the world is expanding in technology and economy, in a way it can be said that it is getting smaller. Hence, we live in a truly globalized world where people can work anywhere, get an education anywhere, and live anywhere with endless opportunities and choices.

However, in order to adapt to such an environment, it is essential to make sure that the education is also provided in a global manner with an international curriculum so that the skillset imparted to the students can be used anywhere in the world.

While student exchange programs help to create such an environment, having an international faculty available for an internationalized curriculum to be taught to the students can also be a game changer for a truly holistic and globalized education.

It must be understood that everyone has different skill sets and thus a good faculty needs to be aware of this and help the students to discover their skill sets and to expand upon them.

Usually, international faculty is a good choice for this, as they will have more advanced curriculum knowledge since they would have worked in multiple countries with exposure to different cultures and knowledge sets, which will allow them to be more flexible and helpful. In addition, exposure to different cultures and different working environments is also helpful in international faculty being able to gauge students more accurately.

International faculty can significantly expand course offerings in a university and contribute to the enrichment of education in several ways with their diverse expertise, global perspectives, interdisciplinary collaboration with other international and national faculty, presence of diversity, international networking, and global competence. In