Saturday, September 18, 2010
Global Visualization
Because globalization has caused a tremendous impact in most of the world, we can see now how some programs in education have been changed in many different disciplines or careers. One of my daughters is a junior in the Parkland High School, so this is the year that she needs to be focused and visualize her career inclination. She started to prepare for the tests and at the same time to search universities of interest. It is amazing to see how universities have changed their perspectives about the kind of programs they need to offer in order to satisfy the needs of today's world. For example, without going too far, Lehigh University has more multi-dynamic programs where students can graduate at the end of their career with two different majors, for example, Engineering and Business. Vanderbilt University (Vanderbilt's International Program) offers Study Abroad, international services experiences, and International design projects in Bioengineering. Rice University has programs in Bioengineering like GLHT(minor in global health technology through BTB ( Beyond Traditional Borders), a multidisciplinary program designed to educate and train students to reach beyond traditional disciplines to understand, address and solve global health disparities. Georgia Institute of Technology offers International Plan – degree-long program that integrates international studies/ experiences into majors at Georgia Tech (must be abroad 26 weeks), BME Study/Work Abroad Program – course “International Considerations in Bioindustry” couple w/5-6 month international internship with biotech/medtech/pharmaceutical industry partner.
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With today's business growing more and more overseas, I feel unviersities need to start expanding their abroad programs in order to prepare graduates. In many cases, for a company to become successful, a global strategy is required to optimize their potential growth. Even though a company may be able to stay afloat for a couple years by deciding to stay national, I feel that a company needs to go overseas at some point in time.
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