A lucky group of Ph.D. students at Virginia Tech recently had the chance to explore higher education systems abroad, traveling to Switzerland and Italy as participants in a program that offers insights into higher education and the professoriate on the global scale. According to this article, the 13 graduate students from Blacksburg, Virginia were joined by seven counterparts from Universität Basel in Switzerland to participate in Global Perspectives, an interdisciplinary program developed by Karen DePauw, vice president and dean of graduate education at Virginia Tech.
“Global Perspectives enables graduate students to examine differences in academic practices worldwide and to develop innovative and effective approaches that foster international awareness and education,” said David Kniola, assistant director of Virginia Tech’s Office of Academic Assessment and a coordinator of the program.
As part of the program, students from Universität Basel traveled to the United States to visit several universities. The Virginia Tech Ph.D. students who participate in Global Perspectives are funded by the university’s Graduate School.
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