Good afternoon,

Marcy Towns asked me to forward this opportunity to the CER community.

Sincerely,
Stacey

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>From: David Adams, Assistant Director of the Fulbright Scholar Program
>to Asia and the Pacific at CIES
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>Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:32 PM
>To: Gillespie, Andrew R.
>Subject: Fulbright Scholar Program: Building Education Curriculum in
>Hong Kong
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>Dear Colleague:
>
>Please allow me to alert you to some exciting 2009-10 Fulbright Scholar
>Program opportunities in Hong Kong that are different from the usual
>lecturing and research awards.  Your assistance in bringing these awards
>to the attention of appropriate faculty and administrators will be much
>appreciated.  The four to five Fulbright Scholars who receive these
>awards will work with Hong Kong institutions as they prepare for their
>transition from a three-year to a four-year curriculum in 2012.  An
>important part of the preparatory work is is the creation of the general
>education portion of that curriculum.
>
>Applicants for the awards should be senior scholars in any discipline or
>scholar-administrators who have had experience developing, reviewing or
>evaluating general education curriculum and "first-year experience"
>programs.  In addition to having this experience, experience and
>expertise of interest includes work on faculty development in the area
>of teaching skills and assessment is also desirable.  The awards are
>five or ten months in length with a preference for candidates who are
>available for the academic year.  Applicants do NOT need letters of
>invitation.  In fact, they are asked not to seek them.  While the
>majority of the grantees' work will be in consultant capacities, they
>will also be asked to teach one course in their academic specialization.
>
>Full information about these awards can be found at
>http://www.cies.org/award_book/award2009/award/Bui9129.htm and an
>overview of the Hong Kong program can be found at
>http://www.cies.org/award_book/award2009/country/EasHonHK.htm.
>
>For your convenience, a flyer has been posted on our website at the
>following link:
>http://www.cies.org/campus_reps/download/PoChungAward2.pdf
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>A description of the award is also included below.
>
>Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions.  Interested
>faculty and administrators should also feel free to contact me directly.
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>Sincerely,
>
>David Adams
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>David B. J. Adams, Ph.D.
>Assistant Director
>Asia and the Pacific
>202-686-4021
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>Building General Education Curriculum in Hong Kong Universities
>
>Award #9129
>
>Category:  Lecturing
>Special Feature: Full-Maintenance Grant Number of Awards: 5
>Deadline:  August 1, 2008
>
>Grant Activity: Teach one course in area of specialization. Consult with
>colleagues and committees at the host university (and other Hong Kong
>universities) that have responsibility for developing general education
>programs and courses for the new 4-year undergraduate program to be
>implemented in 2012. Participate in a team coordinated by the Hong
>Kong-America Center that will organize workshops in Hong Kong on general
>education.
>
>Specialization(s): Applicants in a variety of disciplines are welcome.
>
>Additional Qualifications: Experience, preferably in a leadership role,
>in development of university or college's general education curriculum
>or first-year program and in presenting faculty workshops on effective
>modes of teaching and learning.
>
>Location: Grantees will be affiliated with the Hong Kong-America Center
>and one of the participating Hong Kong universities.
>
>Length of Grant: 5 months or 10 months
>
>Starting Date: September 2009. 10 months strongly preferred, but 5
>months are possible in some cases. 5-month grants may start in September
>2009 or January 2010
>
>Comments: The purpose of these awards is to assist Hong Kong
>universities in their preparations for replacing the current 3-year
>undergraduate program with a 4-year program that will include general
>education requirements in September 2012. The major selection criterion
>for these awards will be the applicant's ability to contribute to the
>development of new general liberal arts courses that incorporate broad
>themes of Western and Asian society and culture that will equip Hong
>Kong students to enter productive civic and economic roles in the 21st
>century. Faculty in all disciplines in the humanities, social sciences
>and natural sciences as well as engineering, policy studies, business,
>law, the arts, etc. will be considered. Applicants should have strong
>professional records and broad competence in their academic discipline.
>They should also have experience (preferably in a leadership role) on a
>college or university-wide committee that developed an exemplary general
>education curriculum for American undergraduates as well as experience
>in developing interdisciplinary courses and in organizing and presenting
>faculty workshops on effective modes of teaching and learning.
>Familiarity with curriculum alignment and online teaching strategies
>will be an advantage. Applicants must be comfortable with active
>participation in a team coordinated by the Hong Kong-America Center that
>will be working with the Hong Kong universities. They should also be
>prepared to engage in a dialogue with their Hong Kong colleagues and
>write a paper for a published anthology on general education based on
>their experience in Hong Kong. Please note that while the grant benefits
>for these awards will be comparable to those provided to other American
>lecturers to Hong Kong under the Fulbright Program, they will be paid in
>Hong Kong dollars and disbursed by the Hong Kong-America Center.
>
>Staff: Assistant Director David B.J. Adams, 202.686.4021,
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