Defining Criteria and Good Practice to Facilitate Graduate International Collaborations

研究生院长和STEM教师在内部（机构内）和外部（机构间）过程中寻求明确的最佳实践指南，以确保国际合作的质量和可持续性。为此，本项目旨在使人们更清楚地了解目前已知的和有价值的是什么，我们目前的理解差距是什么，以及在高等教育机构之间的国际合作中需要加强澄清的领域是什么，从联合和双学位项目到证书和学生和教师交流项目。项目活动包括：有针对性的调查和焦点小组研究，以了解研究生院长和nsf国际项目主要研究人员的观点和经验；编写一份白皮书，综合了解各机构面临的共同挑战及其特殊需要；为研究生院长和PI举办的动手技术研讨会？国际合作的阻碍因素和促进因素；还有一个更广泛的国际传播会议，从全球和国际的角度讨论许多这些进程问题。国内和国际组织、研究生教育工作者和研究人员都呼吁就智商问题提供指导。良好的实践?所以他们不用每个人都去吗？重新发明轮子？寻求建立国际合作，使STEM领域的研究生受益。然而，在确定并在全国范围内推广这种做法之前，以满足代表美国研究生教育的广泛机构的特定背景需求的方式，我们需要更全面地了解美国机构和研究生项目面临的各种问题，考虑到过程问题，特别是那些在高级机构领导和STEM教师范围内的问题。拟议的综合研究项目解决了目前学位和非学位合作文献中的一个主要空白，这些文献主要关注欧洲机构和欧洲内部伙伴关系或专业的最低要求。对于从美国STEM项目毕业的美国学生来说，要想在全球经济中具有竞争力，他们不仅要接触国际学生，还要接触国际背景进行研究和奖学金，这一点至关重要。该项目旨在通过制作一套出版材料，吸引并受益于机构领导者和研究人员，以及NSF主要研究人员和国际政策制定者。CGS还将利用其各种核心活动。

Graduate deans and STEM faculty seek clear best practice guidelines on both internal (intra-institutional) and external (inter-institutional) processes to ensure quality and sustainability in international collaborations. To that end, this project is designed to generate a clearer understanding of what is currently known and what is valued, what the current gaps in our understanding are, and what areas call for enhanced clarification in international collaborations between institutions of higher education ranging from joint and dual degree programs to certificates and student and faculty exchange programs. Project activities include: targeted survey and focus group research to understand the perspective and experience of graduate deans and of principal investigators of NSF-projects with international components; the development of a white paper synthesizing what is known about the common challenges institutions face and their particular needs; a hands-on technical workshop for graduate deans and PI?s on the inhibitors and facilitators of international collaboration; and a broader international dissemination meeting that addresses many of these process issues from a global and international perspective. Intellectual Merit National and international organizations and graduate educators and researchers have called for guidance on ?good practice? so they do not each have to ?reinvent the wheel? when seeking to build international collaborations to benefit graduate students in STEM fields. Before such practices can be identified, however, and promoted on a national scale, in a way that meets the context-specific needs of the wide range of institutions representing U.S. graduate education, we need a more comprehensive picture of the variety of issues facing U.S. institutions and graduate programs that takes into account process issues, especially those within the purview of senior institutional leaders and STEM faculty. The proposed synthesis research project addresses a major gap in the current literature on degree and non-degree collaborations, which has focused on European institutions and intra-European partnerships or minimal requirements of a profession. Broader Impact For American students graduating from STEM programs in the U.S. to be competitive in the global economy, it is critical that they have exposure not only to international students but also to international contexts for research and scholarship. This project is designed to engage and benefit institutional leaders and researchers, as well as NSF principal investigators and international policymakers, by producing a set of published materials. CGS will also leverage its various core activities.