James Madison University was named one of six U.S. colleges and universities chosen to be part of the American Council on Education’s U.S.-Japan COIL Initiative, which aims to expand U.S.-Japan higher education ties through collaborative online international learning, a method of linking faculty and students in two countries for shared teaching and learning using online communication. Faculty from JMU and Kansai University in Osaka, Japan, will collaborate to develop joint syllabi, and students in the two countries will then work together to complete assignments that meet shared learning objectives.

The Center for Global Engagement and a research team from Elon University received the Colonial Academic Alliance’s 2018 IN/CO $40,000 Grant, awarded in support of a multi-institutional project entitled Engaging Difference: A Deep Dive into the Assessment of Transformative Learning. The study will investigate the importance of understanding the background and prior experiences learners bring to high impact, global learning environments while investigating transformative learning outcomes of self-awareness, other-awareness, and complex thinking.

To view a PDF describing the grant and 2018 recipients, click here.

For more information, please contact us at GLP@jmu.edu.