Global College

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Global College
Established 1965
President Newman R. Glass
Location Brooklyn, New York, USA, Heredia City, Costa Rica, Bangalore, India, Hangzhou, China, Kyoto, Japan
Website [1]

Global College is a fully accredited international studies college with regional centers scattered around the globe. The college promotes experiential education, focusing on international relations, cultural studies, linguistic studies, international development, and the arts.[1]

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[edit] Academic

Currently there are between 100-150 students enrolled worldwide. Students participating in the full four-year Bachelor of Arts degree program in Global Studies spend their first two semesters at the Costa Rica Center in Heredia City, Costa Rica (the "First Year Program"). Their sophomore year is spent at either the China Center or the India Center. Their third year is spent split with one semester in Japan and one in South Africa. An alternate junior year is the Comparative Religion and Culture Program. This year-long, mobile classroom program travels to Taiwan, India, Thailand, and Turkey. In the students' senior year, they spend one semester studying independently and their last semester ("Senior Capstone") in Brooklyn, NY.

The school promotes an experiential approach to education, with most of the student work at the centers - which have limited teaching faculty - being in the form of independent research projects, local involvement, and internships with various organizations. The emphasis is on cultural studies, arts, language, development and sustainability issues, and international relations, but Global College students study a wide variety of subjects under the instruction and guidance of their advisors.

At the end of every academic semester, students submit a Portfolio of Learning, a collection of their notes, essays, and other documentation, which is then reviewed by an advisor who assesses their learning experience. Upon completion of their requirements graduates receive a degree in Global Studies from Long Island University. Students are required to decide upon an area of concentration while they are in their 3rd or 4th year of study that relates to their senior thesis studies.

[edit] History

Global College was founded as Friends World College by the New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1965, but became non-sectarian in the mid-1970s. In financial difficulties, the college became a part of Long Island University in the 1991-1992 academic year as the Friends World Program.[2] In March 2007, Friends World Program became Global College. [3]

[edit] Campuses

[edit] New North American Center

Prior to the 2005 academic year the North American Center was located in Southampton, New York, United States of America and was home to the administrative operations of Friends World Program. Beginning in the Fall of 2005, FWP moved to the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University. To help encourage a well rounded experience seniors are now required to return to the North American Center to finish their studies.

[edit] Currently operating centers

[edit] Currently suspended centers

Regional centers are sometimes shut down indefinitely due to lack of funds or security or health risks. As of February 2007 these include:

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "About Friends World/History". http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/globalcollege/about/history.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-29. 
  2. ^ "Finding aid for Friends World College Records, 1958-2001". http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/friends/ead/4082frwo.xml. Retrieved 2007-11-29. 
  3. ^ "About Friends World/History". http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/globalcollege/about/history.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-29. 

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