Why? IEM Case for Expanding English Proficiency Options

Thursday, October 10, 2024

12:00 PM – 12:50 PM PDT

Location: Parksville

Presenter(s)

Kimberly Cooper

Assistant Director, IALC
Washington State University

Chair and Presenter(s)

Jonathan Frank (he/him/his)

Education Partnerships, Director
PeopleCert, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Slides

Presenter(s)

Amber McKenzie, MA in Communication & Leadership Studies

Asst. Dean of Global Education & Strategic Partnerships
Community Colleges of Spokane
Spokane, Washington
Bjorn Myhre

Director of Business Development
Oxford International Digitial Institute
Tacoma, Washington

Presentation Description:

USA international education values choice as good for students and plurality as healthy. This session will explore the diverse institutional and student benefit of accepting a range of English language proficiency options. Listening to international admission professionals at community colleges, universities, and student voices, as well as two language test providers, we will explore how this inclusive approach serves to keep the doors open, maximizing access to equity in higher education.

Learning Objectives:

apply this approach, consider its benefits and how it acts as a catalyst for student-centered admissions, test improvement and service innovation.
see the clear link between their policy decisions and the operationalization of free market ideals - and resultant student outcomes - during and after higher education.
share institutional challenges, and solutions, when considering this topic.