Defining Criteria and Good Practice to Facilitate Graduate International Collaborations

研究生院院长和STEM教师寻求内部（机构内）和外部（机构间）流程的明确最佳实践指南，以确保国际合作的质量和可持续性。为此，该项目旨在更清楚地了解目前已知的内容和价值，我们目前的理解差距是什么，以及哪些领域需要加强高等教育机构之间的国际合作，从联合和双学位课程到证书和学生和教师交流计划。项目活动包括：有针对性的调查和焦点小组研究，以了解研究生院院长和具有国际成分的NSF项目的主要研究者的观点和经验;编写一份白色文件，综合了解机构面临的共同挑战及其特殊需求;为研究生院院长和PI举办一次实践技术研讨会？关于国际合作的抑制因素和促进因素的会议;以及一个更广泛的国际传播会议，从全球和国际的角度讨论其中许多进程问题。国家和国际组织以及研究生教育工作者和研究人员呼吁就以下问题提供指导：好的做法？这样他们就不用各自承担责任了重新发明轮子？当寻求建立国际合作，使STEM领域的研究生受益时。然而，在确定这种做法并在全国范围内推广之前，以满足代表美国研究生教育的各种机构的特定需求的方式，我们需要更全面地了解美国机构和研究生课程面临的各种问题，这些问题考虑到过程问题，特别是那些在高级机构领导人和STEM教师权限范围内的问题。拟议的综合研究项目解决了学位和非学位合作，其中集中在欧洲机构和欧洲内部的伙伴关系或最低要求的专业目前的文献中的一个主要差距。更广泛的影响对于从美国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，还要接触国际研究和奖学金环境，这一点至关重要。该项目旨在通过制作一套出版材料，吸引机构领导人和研究人员以及NSF主要研究人员和国际决策者参与并从中受益。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.