This document summarizes a process used by the regional vice chancellor of the University of Southern Florida St Petersburg to promote internationalization efforts over four years. In the first year, agreements were signed with universities abroad and opportunities for student study abroad and faculty research were developed. Plans for the second year included forming an internationalization council, hiring an international recruiter, and signing additional exchange agreements. The document then provides an overview of USF St Petersburg, including rankings, programs, admissions requirements, costs, and scholarships to attract more international students.

2. U.S. public university leadership and
internationalization: How university
leadership influences internationalization
efforts
October 2016
Martin Tadlock
Regional Vice Chancellor
University of Southern Florida St Petersburg

3. Universities in the U.S.
• Public/State Supported
• Private
– Religious based
– Non-profit independent
• Proprietary
– For profit

4. Carnegie Classifications
Doctoral Universities
• Includes institutions that awarded at least 20
research/scholarship doctoral degrees during the update year
(this does not include professional practice doctoral-level
degrees, such as the JD, MD, PharmD, DPT, etc.). Excludes
Special Focus Institutions and Tribal Colleges.
– R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest research activity
– R2: Doctoral Universities – Higher research activity
– R3: Doctoral Universities – Moderate research activity

5. Carnegie Classifications
Master's Colleges and Universities
• Generally includes institutions that awarded at least 50
master's degrees and fewer than 20 doctoral degrees during
the update year. Excludes Special Focus Institutions and Tribal
Colleges.
– M1: Master's Colleges and Universities – Larger programs
– M2: Master's Colleges and Universities – Medium programs
– M3: Master's Colleges and Universities – Smaller programs

6. Other Carnegie Classifications
• Baccalaureate Colleges
• Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges
• Associate's Colleges
• Special Focus Institutions

7. Accreditation
• Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA); U.S. Dept. of Education
– Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Western
Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC)
– Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
– Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
– New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on
Institutions of Higher Education (NEASC-CIHE)
– Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
(SACSCOC)
– WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)
• If no accreditation, no federal or state funds
• If no accreditation, no acceptance of transfer credits

8. Public university leadership and
organizational structures in the U.S.

11. Philosophies of faculty
governance: academic freedom

12. Statement on Academic Freedom
In 1940, representatives of the American Association of
University Professors and of the Association of American
Colleges agreed upon principles set forth in the 1925 Statement
on Academic Freedom and Tenure.
This restatement is known to the profession as the 1940
Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure.

13. Statement on Academic Freedom
Teachers are entitled to full freedom in research
and in the publication of the results, subject to
the adequate performance of their other
academic duties; but research for financial
return should be based upon an understanding
with the authorities of the institution.

14. Statement on Academic Freedom
Teachers are entitled to freedom in the
classroom in discussing their subject, but they
should be careful not to introduce into their
teaching controversial matter which has no
relation to their subject.

15. Statement on Academic Freedom
College and university teachers are citizens, members of a
learned profession, and officers of an educational institution.
When they speak or write as citizens, they should be free from
institutional censorship or discipline, but their special position in
the community imposes special obligations. As scholars and
educational officers, they should remember that the public may
judge their profession and their institution by their speech.
Hence they should at all times be accurate, should exercise
appropriate restraint, should show respect for the opinions of
others, and should make every effort to indicate that they are
not speaking for the institution

16. PHILOSOPHIES OF FACULTY
GOVERNANCE: SHARED
GOVERNANCE

17. Shared Governance
The faculty has primary responsibility for such areas as curriculum, subject
matter and methods of instruction, research, faculty status, and those aspects
of student life which relate to the educational process. On these matters the
power of review and final decision of the governing board or president should
be exercised adversely only in exceptional circumstances and for reasons
communicated to the faculty.
It is desirable that the faculty should, following such communication, have
opportunity for further consideration and further transmittal of its views to
the president or board.
Budgets, personnel limitations, the time element, and the policies of other
groups, bodies, and agencies having jurisdiction over the institution may set
limits to realization of faculty advice.

18. Shared Governance
The faculty sets the requirements for the
degrees, determines when the requirements
have been met, and authorizes the president
and board to grant the degrees thus achieved.

19. Shared Governance
Faculty status and related matters are primarily a faculty responsibility; this
area includes appointments, reappointments, decisions not to reappoint,
promotions, the granting of tenure, and dismissal. The primary responsibility
of the faculty for such matters is based upon the fact that its judgment is
central to general educational policy. Furthermore, scholars in a particular
field or activity judge the work of their colleagues; responsibility exists for
both adverse and favorable judgments.
Determinations in these matters should first be by faculty action through
established procedures, reviewed by the chief academic officers with the
concurrence of the board. The governing board and president should, on
questions of faculty status, as in other matters where the faculty has primary
responsibility, concur with the faculty judgment except in rare instances and
for compelling reasons which should be stated in detail.

20. Shared Governance
The faculty should actively participate in the determination of policies and
procedures governing salary increases.
The chair of a department serves as the chief representative of the
department and should be selected either by departmental election or by
appointment following consultation with members of the department.
Appointments should normally be in conformity with department members’
judgment.
Faculty participation in the government of the college or university should be
established at each level. An process should exist for the presentation of the
views of the whole faculty. The structure and procedures for faculty
participation should be designed, approved, and established coopertively.
Faculty representatives should be selected by the faculty according to
procedures determined by the faculty.

21. Leadership Style in Shared Governance
• Collaborative and collegial
• Facilitative listener
• Problem solver and mediator
• A master of influence and persuasion
• Belief in serve and support
• Transparent and candid
• Super communicator

22. A process used by university leaders to
promote international efforts at one U.S.
public university over a four year period of
time.

23. 1. Create need
2. Establish priorities
3. Secure resources
4. Create flow

24. Create Need and Establish Priorities
A new Master Academic Plan for USF St Petersburg will
include internationalization as a major goal area:
•Provide 120 USF students affordable education
abroad and work abroad opportunities each
semester.
•Start student exchange and transfer programs.
•Engage faculty in research abroad.
•Start a visiting scholars program.
•Open an English Language Center.
•Increase international enrollment to 10% of
headcount.

25. First year

26. Fall 2016
• Signed 2+2 transfer agreement with Taylors
University in Kuala Lumpur.
• Signed recruitment agreement with agency in Nepal
and China.
• Signing general agreements to work with Jiaotong
University in Beijing, Weifang University and Behai
College in Weifang, Northwestern Polytechnic in
Xi’an, and Huaihua University.

27. Fall 2016
• Meeting with INTO about opening an English
Language Center.
• Located 4 opportunities for USFSP faculty to teach
and conduct research each year in China while on
sabbatical.
• Developing 12 opportunities for USFSP students to
spend a semester abroad and work abroad in China.

28. Second year plans

29. Plans for 2017-2018
• Organize an USFSP Internationalization Council.
• Hire an international recruiter.
• Appoint faculty member as Director of International
Relations to:
o Create semester abroad and work abroad
opportunities for students.
o Create a visiting scholars program.
o Create exchange and transfer programs.

30. Plans for 2017-2018
• Sign exchange and 2+2 agreements with universities
in Kuala Lumpur, Xi’an, Weifang, Beijing, and
Huaihua.
• Open an English Language Center on the USF St
Petersburg campus.
• Implement a pre-semester abroad course for
students.
• Start new semester abroad opportunities:
o Reduce cost to students.
o Include work abroad opportunities.

31. Coming to the University of
South Florida St Petersburg

32. Undergraduates: 3,961
Graduates: 540
Non-Degree Seeking: 224
Avg High School GPA: 3.79
Avg SAT: 1142
Avg ACT: 26
University of South Florida St Petersburg

35. • USFSP ranked #24 in the nation among Southern
Regional Public Universities by U.S. News & World
Report.
• Yahoo Finance.com ranks USFSP among “Top 105
Smartest Colleges” in the country.
• Affordable Schools.net ranks USFSP #23 in the 25
Most Exclusive Public Bachelor’s Colleges.

36. • EnvironmentalScience.org ranks USFSP #14 among
Top Environmental Science Schools in the nation.

38. • The USFSP College of Business is accredited by AACSB
International for both business and accounting, a double
distinction held by only 1% of business schools globally.
• The Kate Teideman College of Business ranked 36th among the
global top 100 schools for integrating issues of social and
environmental stewardship into the MBA program.

39. • In 2011, USFSP earned the university-wide
classification for Community Engagement by
the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching.

40. Admissions
• Students from non-U.S. colleges or universities must
have an evaluation and a course-by-course
assessment completed by a NACES
member evaluation service. The assessment must
equate grades or marks, and credits or hours to the
U.S. system.

41. Admissions
• International applicants from non-English
speaking countries must provide a minimum
IELTS score of 6.5 taken within 2 years of the
desired term of entry
• Or a TOEFL score of 79 (internet-based test) or
550 (written test) or PTEA of 53.

42. Admissions
12-59 transferable credits:
• Cumulative college GPA of 2.0/4.0 or higher
• Competitive freshman credentials (high school transcripts,
ACT or SAT scores)
• English proficiency
60 or more transferable credits, or an Associates degree:
• GPA of 2.0/4.0 or higher, except for selective admissions
majors
• English proficiency

43. Admissions
Selective admissions majors
• All College of Business majors – GPA of 2.5 or higher
• Education – GPA of 2.5 or higher
• Graphic Design – GPA of 2.5 or higher
• Mass Communications-Journalism – GPA of 2.75 or
higher

44. Scholarships
• $2,000 first year scholarship for:
o 24 ACT or comparable SAT scores
o Must meet English proficiency requirements
• $2,000 transfer scholarship
o 60 credits or more completed
o 3.5/4.0 transfer GPA
o Must meet English proficiency requirements

45. Costs
Tuition and Fees (based on 30 credits – 15
credits per semester)
$17,324
Books and Supplies $1,000
Housing and Meals $9,400
Other personal expenses (general living
expenses)
$4,100
Health Insurance $2,016
TOTAL $33,840
Estimated Costs for International Undergraduates
(Bachelor) 2016-2017

46. This is the amount for exchange students (J-1):2016-2017 Exchange Student (Cost listed per Semester)
Level Undergraduate Masters Graduate
Tuition and Fees (waived/free) (waived/free)
Room & Board $4600.00 $5350.00
Books/supplies $800.00 $800.00
Medical Care
and Insurance
$1050.00 $1050.00
Personal
Expenses
(including
Transportation)
$2100.00 $2100.00
Total $8,550.00 $9,300.00

48. Questions?