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--- Forwarded Message from Connie Christo <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 16:48:05 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Connie Christo <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Internationalizing the university through technology

Hi Rachel,
        Here's some information from Harvard.
Connie

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 16:00:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Connie Christo <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: survey



On Mon, 24 May 1999, Connie Christo wrote:

> Is international television programing paid for and provided on
> an institution-wide basis (ranging from dormitories to classrooms)?
 WE HAVE INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION AVAILABLE AT THE LANGUAGE RESOURCE
CENTER BUT IT'S NOT INSTITUTION-WIDE.
>
> Does your institution support wordprocessing in foreign languages
> campus-wide, particularly in languages using non-Latin script?
> YES

> Is encoding in foreign languages provided on all web browsers =
> campus-wide?
  YES

> Does your institution support email in foreign languages?
> YES

> Do international faculty and faculty working in international
> fields have adequate resources to support their wordprocessing,
> web-browsing and email needs in their offices?
> IT VARIES.  SOME OFFICES ARE WELL-EQUIPPED BECAUSE THEY ARE WELL-FUNDED
  OR HAVE COMPUTER SAVVY PEOPLE.  OTHER OFFICES MAY HAVE VERY LITTLE.

> Do faculty have adequate access to international resources in support of
> their reserach where technology is needed to access them?
> YES, FOR THE MOST PART.

> Does the language lab at your institution have ties and activities that
> reach beyond serving language courses?  In what ways does the lab support
> an international education curriculum or other goals related to
  fostering an international environment in your institution?
  HARVARD HAS CORE COURSES WHICH INCLUDE LITERATURE AND ARTS, HISTORICAL
  STUDIES AND FOREIGN CULTURES.  THEY COVER A WIDE INTERNATIONAL RANGE AND
  VIDEO TAPES ARE OFTEN VIEWED IN THE LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTER.

> In what ways has technology been used in general in your institution to
> create and foster an international environment within your institution?
> THE USE OF SCOLA FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND THE INTERNET. THERE ARE MANY
  FOREIGN STUDENTS AT HARVARD AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES WHICH
  CREATE AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.

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