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Case Studies--School E

School E is a medium to large Doctoral Research Extensive public university with over 22,000 undergraduate students. The institution serves the students through approximately 18 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, which comprise over 100 programs. The undergraduate breakdown consists of 86% in-state and 14% out of state students. The international undergraduate student breakdown is about .9%. The ethnic breakdown of degree seeking full-time undergraduates in 2001-02 is as follows:

The institutional foreign language requirement is as follows: If a student has taken three consecutive years of a solid language they are exempt from taking a language on the college level. Otherwise, they must take at least two college level semesters of a language (including American Sign Language). The credit load for an undergraduate language major consists of a range between 26-45 credits and about 15-19 credits to declare a language minor. In 2001-02, there were 5 African American female, 15 white/non-Hispanic male, 30 white/non-Hispanic female, 3 other female, and 1 other male bachelor degree foreign languages and literature recipients.

The institution has a general education requirement for undergraduates to take courses that primarily feature perspectives, issues, or events from specific countries or areas outside the United States.

In regards to the marketing and promotions of international education, various tools are used to advertise to prospective students and currently enrolled students. They include things such as brochures, fairs, mailings, emails, presentations, peer advising, career placement, collaborative programming with other university departments and student groups, etc. There are special advising and additional outreach for undergraduate minority students and other underrepresented groups. The collaboration with undergraduate student groups is the key way to conduct outreach to underrepresented groups. This is done by recruitment efforts with campus wide student recruiters, minority based student groups, resident assistants and residence hall programming.

The mission statement indirectly refers to international education where it states: “…..As one of the nation’ distinguished comprehensive universities, the resources of the university constitute an invaluable asset for the intellectual, economic, and social enrichment of State X, while the international prestige of the University enhances the image of State X throughout the world…….the mission is to offer superior graduate programs in the arts and sciences and the professions that responds to the needs of State X, as well as to the broader needs of the nation and the world”.

To coordinate international studies programs university-wide, this institution has a university-wide matrix organization that encompasses centers for area studies and centers on topical specializations in international studies. It coordinates international education curricula and provides support services such as the Study Abroad Program.

IThe study abroad office has 3 white/non-Hispanic male advisors and 5 white/non-Hispanic female advisors. The total scholarship that the Study Abroad Office received during the 2001-02 academic year was approximately $60,000. The participation in study abroad programs for credit over the past five years is as follows:

**note: ethnic breakdown not available for the period requested**

An Africana Studies degree program and an African Studies certificate were targeted to meet the needs of the undergraduate African American student population. Furthermore, the African Studies certificate/program, Latin American programs/sojourns and study abroad to Japan attracted the interest of the African American student population.