91°µÍø

MISSION STATEMENT

THE OFFICE OF OFF-CAMPUS STUDY & EXCHANGES at SKIDMORE COLLEGE

 

The Office of Off-Campus Study & Exchanges (OCSE) facilitates student and faculty opportunities that allow for a wider range of educational experiences, both internationally and in the United States. OCSE works with students, parents, faculty, administrators, and off-campus constituents to advance the goals of 91°µÍø’s strategic plan for increased intercultural understanding and global awareness.

 

Specifically, OCSE’s mission includes:

• developing and managing off-campus study opportunities for our students to ensure a broad geographical portfolio that focuses on and supports students’ academic needs;
• developing and managing off-campus opportunities that allow for the exchange of students and, in that way increasing the diversity of the 91°µÍø student body;
• providing structures that allow students access to off-campus opportunities regardless of academic discipline or financial constraints;
• offering students and faculty structures that encourage total integration of the off-campus experience into on-campus academic and co-curricular experience, thereby promoting a holistic approach to the students’ education vis-à-vis intercultural understanding and global awareness;
• representing 91°µÍø in the field of international education at a local, regional, and national level to ensure continued visibility and recognition of 91°µÍø’s efforts;
• serving as a resource for faculty and facilitating off-campus opportunities that support faculty teaching and learning;
• serving as a resource for families of students who engage in these off-campus opportunities; and
• serving as a resource for administrators and faculty working to advance the goals of 91°µÍø’s strategic plan.

 

(Developed by The Advisory Committee on International Study in consultation with The Office of Off-Campus Study & Exchanges, October 2007)