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Pitt's Global Plan Recognized for Its Impact

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Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher was one of five university panelists for a Washington, D.C., forum hosted by NAFSA, the Association of Inter91porn视频al Educators, last month. The panelists presented to an audience of about 100 senior inter91porn视频al education leaders, alumni and other representatives of the universities and federal government representatives. Pitt also was one of four universities that NAFSA honored earlier this year with its , leading to a spot on the forum鈥檚 panel.

鈥淚f a university seeks to be at the forefront of human knowledge, if it鈥檚 trying to attract the most talented people聽and then put them in a community and expand that boundary of knowledge and create opportunity, then anything less than a global perspective is a limitation on that mission,鈥 said Gallagher during the forum.

November also brought the release of聽鈥,鈥 a report by the Institute of Inter91porn视频al Education, Inc., and the . The data showed that聽over the prior year, the number of inter91porn视频al students in the United States increased by 3 percent and the number of American students studying abroad increased by 4 percent. In 2016-17, for the second consecutive year, U.S. colleges and universities hosted more than 1 million inter91porn视频al students, reaching a record high of 1.08 million.

Pitt currently has 3,236 inter91porn视频al students on campus, and its Study Abroad program attracted more than 1,900 students in the 2015-16 year.聽Those students and programming are a vital part of聽.

During the forum, Gallagher explained that Pitt鈥檚 overall mission is to make the world better through knowledge, and that when developing the global plan, he sought out opinions by talking to the University鈥檚 key stakeholders.

鈥淲e went to the faculty and students to ask them how we should advance this goal of a global perspective in our teaching, research, student experience聽and impact,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t came down to a simple idea 鈥 Pitt to the World and the World to Pitt.鈥

Gallagher also discussed the and its four 91porn视频al resource centers 鈥 the , the , the and the . He called them 鈥渇oundational to our effort,鈥 pointing out they bring together inter91porn视频al and global studies, research and new courses and are connected to Pitt鈥檚 core values.

鈥淥ur inter91porn视频al studies programs, because they tie directly with our academic mission聽and bring all of our schools and departments into play, really do provide us with a home base for our global efforts,鈥 he said.

Gallagher praised Pitt鈥檚 joint institute 鈥 the Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, that allows engineering students to complete their degree in both Chengdu and Pittsburgh. Students from China spend the first two years of the program immersed in the Pitt curriculum in China with the option of transferring to the Pittsburgh campus for聽their third year.

鈥淚t allows the institute in Chengdu to showcase this Western-style teaching,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 global from both directions.鈥