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Broward College - A Global College with Community Roots
Sankaran P. Raghunathan, PhD Director- India Broward College
International Education [email protected] 1-678-404-0426
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Congratulations ! You are thinking about India Welcome
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Greene International Education Institute Our focal point for
all our efforts in international education Mission is to provide
international and intercultural educational experiences to help
students develop perspectives that will enable them to function
effectively in a multicultural environment and in an interdependent
world . to pursue linkages with educational institutions and
agencies in other countries in order to provide for an academic
interchange and promote the improvement of higher education on a
global scale. www.nms.edu.in
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3 Ways to International Education Have international students
in our campus Send our students to study abroad Deliver American
accredited education in other countries Broward does all three We
have 9000 students born in other countries Since 1979, we have sent
more than 6500 students abroad Since 1986, we deliver American
education in 11 countries across 3 continents www.nms.edu.in
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About Broward College Broward College (BC) was founded in 1960
and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA (near Miami). BC is
among the largest of the 28 colleges in the Florida state college
system and serves more than 65,000 students in over 100 technical,
career, or academic degree programs. In 2013 the prestigious Aspen
Institute named Broward College as one of the top ten community
colleges in the United States. www.nms.edu.in
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Broward College and International Education Since 1974 Broward
College has been partnering with colleges and universities
throughout the world to provide American educational opportunities
to students who live outside of the United States. The BC
International Education program model allows students to stay in
their home country and complete an Associates degree (the first two
years of a 4-year U.S. Bachelors degree) before transferring to a
university in the U.S. to finish the final two years of the degree.
Thousands of international students who have earned a Broward
College Associates degree have successfully transferred to top
American colleges and universities to complete their Baccalaureate
degree. www.nms.edu.in
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Description of Partnership Agreements Categories of formal
international partnership agreements with Broward College academic
affiliates international centers, and Study abroad centers
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Description of Partnership Agreements Academic Affiliates are
authorized to adopt and utilize the same academic programs and
courses that are offered to students at Broward College in Florida.
Additionally, institutions benefit from biannual on-site support
visits by relevant Broward College faculty and/or staff.
International Centers are locations where the academic program or
programs offered at the partnering institution have been approved
by our regional accrediting body, the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Students
become official Broward College students and their coursework will
appear on a Broward College transcript. Once they successfully
complete their program requirements, they will earn a Broward
College Associates degree. www.nms.edu.in
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Current BC International Affiliates International University of
Santa Cruz (IUSC), Santa Cruz, Bolivia Kazan National Research
Technical University (KNRTU), Kazan, Russia Kuwait Community
College (KCC),Jahra, Kuwait American College of Spain (ACS),
Marbella, Spain American College of Dubai (ACD), Dubai Wuxi South
Ocean College, Wuxi, China Shanghai Second Polytechnic University
(SSPU), Shanghai, China Xuzhou Kindergarten Teachers College
(XKTC), Xuzhou, China Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT),
Beijing, China Harbin Engineering University (HEU), Harbin, China
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SACSCOC Approved International Centers Broward College conducts
programs approved by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools (SACSCOC) where students
register in college credit courses as Broward College students at
five locations: Broward Center for American Education(BCAE),
Guayaquil, Ecuador American College of Higher Education (ACHE),
Colombo and Kandy, Sri Lanka Center for Global Education at the
Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL), Lima, Peru Institute for
American Education at Vietnamese-American Technical College (VATC),
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam National Management School (NMS), Mumbai,
India www.nms.edu.in
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Tangible Benefits The Greene Institute has been remarkably
entrepreneurial in its overseas programming. Partners have returned
significant funds to the College which has more than covered the
cost of sustaining our affiliations. Funds accumulated have enabled
the Board to create a one million dollar endowment named after Dr.
Greene, for the purpose of supporting Broward College students
international study. Multiple annual awards totaling more than
$200,000 have been invested in students traveling to our
international centers. All travel associated with the initiatives
of the Institute not only do not require the expenditure of state
tax revenues, they have actually served to fund student
scholarships, encourage faculty in their academic research, promote
the internationalization of the campus and place the Broward
College brand on campuses around the world. www.nms.edu.in
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Tangible Benefits The Institute has also helped to underwrite
international initiatives from funds generated through study abroad
and international affiliations, including: Summer Study Abroad
Scholarship (multiple annual awards totaling approximately $5,000)
Honors Institute Study Abroad Scholarship (multiple annual awards
totaling $5,000) International Education Endowed Teaching Chair
(awarded once in 2009 through the Broward College Foundation)
Honors Institute International Faculty Travel Award (one award of
$2,750 annually) Underwrite membership and participation in
national and state international organizations Provide local
hospitality for guests and visiting partners who are being trained
on Broward College programs and services Develop marketing
materials for study abroad programs offered by the College Provide
for the salary of an international admissions and registration
specialist Provide for the salary of the study abroad coordinator
working in the department Provide for the salary of the district
director for international education Provide 25 percent of the
salary for a virtual librarian for International Center faculty and
students. www.nms.edu.in
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Broward in Asia Broward has its International Centers in
Srilanka, India and Vietnam These centers deliver the SACS
accredited AA degree program Students transfer to the US with the
BC Associate Degree All these international centers work within the
framework of the local regulations and laws www.nms.edu.in
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Broward in India The National Management School is a local
entity offering higher education in India NMS is an International
Center of Broward College NMS is also the Study Abroad center of
Broward College in India; a CCIS host institution NMS is a recent
addition to the Broward family The first cohort of 4 students began
their program in July 2014 About 4,000 Indian students join US
universities for their undergraduate program every year We believe
that through this 2+2 program, since the total costs are lower, we
can enable another 4,000 to experience the American education
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Student Recruitment, Networking, Partnerships www.nms.edu.in
Student recruitment is the most challenging task. We use the
following methods: College Board SAT search Local Education Fair
School visits IIE and Linden Local advertisements Tie ups with
local student counseling and recruitment companies Local school
partnerships are yet to be developed; they are very hard to come by
We involve the US Consulate and EducationUSA office in our efforts
We use Indian professors who have returned from the US with their
PhDs to teach in our program
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How successful have we been? If success means high student
enrollments, we are yet to taste success. We believe that it is a
long haul to convince the local Indian parent that this 2+2 route
is a respectable, legitimate, and a proper way for their children
to get an American undergraduate degree and that their children can
transfer to a top US University this way. While we have a Study
Abroad center in India now and that is promoted through CCIS to all
its member schools, getting American students to India is also a
long shot. www.nms.edu.in
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Lessons learned? Failures? Indian students want American
education but in America and not in India!! While we believe that
the cost advantage and the 2 additional years of being closer home
are two critical advantages of this 2+2 program, the Indian parent
and student are yet to fully buy into that argument Undergraduate
student recruitment is very expensive in India. Minimum investment
of $150,000 per year for recruitment efforts Local high schools do
not partner easily with us to provide a pathway to their students
to our program Broward is yet to sign up transfer articulation
agreements with various US Universities that we can present to our
students in our international centers www.nms.edu.in
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Advice to newcomers The Indian regulations do not provide for
an American College to set up its campus; so you need to work with
local partners. Find a partner that has deep pockets and a good
local image Indian families prefer sending their children for
Graduate education rather than undergraduate education only 10% of
the Indian students are seeking undergraduate studies The total
number of new students is only about 4,000 every year and growing
slowly If you want to recruit undergraduate students in India, have
a big budget and a lot of lead time India is a status conscious
society; the rank and status of the University/College will
determine how students accept your program Students and parents
want an assurance of the destination University that their child
will eventually transfer to that University For the 2+2 program,
partner with several US Universities in various states so that the
transfer of these students to any of those Universities is
guaranteed. Promote the destination and not the pathway
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Our Plans for the Future Offer a multi-national Asian 2 year
experience for our students India, Srilanka, Vietnam and China as
they earn the Associate degree before transferring to the US Offer
this local cost advantage to American families to send their
children to our centers in Asia so that our Centers become
international www.nms.edu.in
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India has to be experienced and not just explained.
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