Global Experiences and Career Development

Global Experiencesand

Career Development

Melanie Parker, Executive DirectorGlobal Education & Career Developmentmlparker@mit.edu http://gecd.mit.edu

GECD

Career Services

Global Education

Prehealth Advising

Helps students plan and prepare for their careers, internships, and employment. Connects them to

employers & industry.

Helps students to Study Abroad,

and discover other

opportunities to go abroad.

Helps students explore and prepare for

application to medical and health profession schools.

Helping MIT Students Find Their Path and Start the Journey

MIT Global Education Programs

Study AbroadInternships

Service/Service LearningResearch

Global Experiences Prepare MIT Graduates as Global-Ready Leaders

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2012-13 Participation• Internships: 543 • Study Abroad: 140 • Service: 89 • Research: 49 TOTAL: 821

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130%

5%

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15%

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25%

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45%

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30%33%

41% 39% 38%

Percentage of Graduating Seniors with International Educational Experience

MIT Students in the World

45 Countries (Top 10: Israel, Germany, Italy, Spain, China, France, India, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom)

Global Competency• Understands global economic and

political trends• Demonstrates cross cultural

communication• Knowledgeable of world events,

culture, and history• Works well in different cultures• Recognizes that own world view is not

universalSource for global competencies: Deardorff, D. (2004). The identification and assessment of intercultural competence as a student outcome of internationalization at institutions of higher education in the United States.

Source: IES Abroad Recent Graduate Survey, 2012

MIT Global Participants Report Increased Skills

Understanding Cultural Differences

Increased Self-Confidence

Adaptability

Cross-Cultural Communication

International Teamwork

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Other Benefits

openness

higher grades

on-time graduation

higher earnings

maturity

world view

emotional stability

independence

initiative

tolerance

big picture thinking

problem solving

leadership

Global Program Alumni Work Trends• Tend toward international or multicultural jobs

• Cite the global experience as a key factor in their success

• Many indicate that global experience influenced their career choice

• Report high levels of career satisfaction

• More competitive in job market because of language and cross-cultural communications

• Global experience influenced their professional ethics

•QUESTIONS ANSWERS

Study Abroad and IROP

Malgorzata Hedderick, Associate DeanGlobal Education & Career Development

Guiding Principles for Study Abroad at MIT

• Spearheaded or supported by faculty members and by academic departments

• Providing students with firsthand experience at overseas universities or MIT faculty led

• High-impact learning

• Sustainable partnerships with overseas partners

Spectrum of Study Abroad Programs at MIT

•By duration: semester, academic year, IAP (month of January), summer, spring break

•By entry point: short introductory programs, intense IAP and summer programs, and full emersion semester and year-long programs

•By type: exchanges, other in-house, direct enrollment, and IEO programs, language programs and programs in the major, hybrid programs

Examples of Study Abroad Programs at MIT• Cambridge-MIT Exchange: started in 2000; by end of 2015 719

total participants (354 MIT, 365 Cambridge)

• Departmental Exchanges: Oxford, Imperial, ETH, HKU, Pretoria, SciencesPo

• MIT-Madrid Program: including optional internship

• IAP-Madrid Program: Spanish language program

• LSE, Chinese language programs, LLIC

• Pretoria and Sabanci spring break programs

Study Abroad: Three-part Engagement ProcessPREPARATION

• Health and safety

• Academics

• Cultural awareness

• Goal setting

PROGRAM

• Understanding how

students in other cultures

learn & problem-solve• Experiencing other

culture firsthand

• Learning how to be a

part or lead multicultural

teams

• Foreign language

acquisition

RE-ENTRY

• Revisiting goals

• Integrating learning

• Understanding & articulating gains for career and life

• Peer advisor program

IROP: INTERNATIONAL UROP• UROP: faculty-mentored research - was launched 45 years ago and

currently 88% of students participate at some point while undergraduates.

• IROP: UROP where student does some or all of the research in a foreign setting

• Two scenarios: 1. Undergraduates are actively supporting the overseas research of MIT

faculty2. Students are doing a more independent research that complements

the research interests of MIT faculty

• Predominantly conducted during summers

IROP: 2013 Snapshot

• In AY and summer 2013 IROP projects took place in 26 countries, including Brazil, Ecuador, UK, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, Switzerland and Turkey

• Approximately $440K of MIT funding committed for this period: for weekly wages for students and travel expenses

Examples of IROP Projects• CHILE: Optimal Design of Permeable Fiber Network

Structures • GHANA: Organic Waste Management • ISRAEL:  Waterborne Pathogenic Bacteria in Greywater

Systems • ITALY: Energy Control in Electric Vehicles • SPAIN: Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Model • UK: Nanoparticle cellular toxicity