Welcome to a new feature of the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Web site. This is where we will post new information that we hope will be of interest to academia and the general public. We welcome your comments, questions, and requests for additional resources that you would like to see. Send your remarks to Susan Lehmann, FIPSE’s Education Research Analyst, at susan.lehmann@ed.gov.

Interview with EU-U.S. Atlantis Program Grantees on WGVU Radio

On October 21, 2009 WGVU Radio’ show “Global Connections” conducted a 16-minute interview with students and faculty participating in the Studies in Trans-Atlantic International Relations (STAIR) Program. This project is a 2008 FIPSE EU-U.S. Atlantis Program grant. You may listen to the interview with Dr. Mark Schaub of Grand Valley State University, visiting professor Dr. Piotr Stanek from Cracow University of Economics (Poland), University of Debrecen (Hungary) student Ferenc Batonai, and GVSU student Jessica Smith or visit the project’s Web site to learn more.

New Book Examines Academic Collaboration between the U.S. and Europe

A new book released November 2, 2009 by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and Freie Universität Berlin features practical recommendations for developing and delivering collaborative degree programs between U.S. and European universities. The publication, Joint and Double Degree Programs: An Emerging Model for Transatlantic Exchange, features articles and insights from higher education administrators and practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic who are seeking to equip their students with the international experience, perspective and skills to succeed in today's global economy. The new book and a related survey are part of a project sponsored by the European Union-United States Atlantis Program jointly administered and funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and the European Commission's Directorate General for Education and Culture. The project was launched in cooperation with several leading U.S. and European institutions including IIE and the State University of New York in the U.S., and Freie Universität Berlin, the Franco-German University, and the Latvian Rectors' Council in the EU.

EU-U.S. Atlantis Program Featured in Newsweek

Newsweek’s August 12, 2009 edition ran a story entitled "Students Without Borders: New options for those who seek a global education" which prominently featured FIPSE’s EU-U.S. Atlantis Program. Dr. Frank Frankfort of FIPSE and Atlantis project directors and students from Bentley University’s Undergraduate Dual Degree Program in International Management, Clemson University’s Consortium for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises and Entrepreneurship Education, and Virginia Tech’s Dual Degree Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Project are quoted in the story.

FIPSE and the Paul Simon Awards

Two of the four 2009 Paul Simon Awards made by NAFSA: Association of International Educators went to projects that cited their FIPSE funding as instrumental to their development. Through its Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization, NAFSA recognizes institutions for overall excellence in internationalization efforts as evidenced in practices, structures, philosophies, and policies. Recipients of the Senator Paul Simon Award will be profiled in the 2010 edition of Internationalizing the Campus: Profiles of Success at Colleges and Universities, a NAFSA report on successful models of campus internationalization.

In their submission, the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities cited their 2000 FIPSE Comprehensive grant entitled “Using Study Abroad to Internationalize Professional Degree Programs at the Undergraduate Level" as contributing to their ability to "overcome numerous challenges, maximize strategic new program investments, significantly increase the number of international and study abroad students, and encourage on-campus collaboration, all with the goal of advancing the internationalization of the university."

Portland State University was recognized for “developing new models of international learning for non-traditional students – older, part-time, and predominate place-bound.” They cited support they received as a partner on the American Council on Education’s 2004 FIPSE Comprehensive grant entitled "Lessons Learned in Assessing International Learning."

FIPSE Comprehensive Grantee Featured on PBS

On April 30, 2009, PBS NOW featured a 20-minute story on FIPSE Comprehensive Program grantee, College Summit. To view the program, please go to: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/417/index.html. The NOW program was a year-long investigation of College Summit, an innovative program that helps students from low-income families select schools, complete college applications, write personal statements, and apply for financial aid. The link to College Summit is: http://www.collegesummit.org. In 2000 College Summit was awarded a FIPSE Comprehensive grant entitled "College Summit – The Pipeline to College for America’s Low Income, Mid-Tier Students." To find out more about this grant, please go to: http://www.fipseaed.org/grantshow.cfm?grantNumber=P116B000401. College Summit was awarded another FIPSE Comprehensive Grant in 2003 for a project entitled "College Summit – A Collaborative Solution to Increase College Access for and Retention of Low-Income Youth." More information about the 2003 Comprehensive grant can be found at: http://www.fipseaed.org/grantshow.cfm?grantNumber=P116B031055.

Maps

This series of maps highlights different types of projects that your colleagues have recently worked on, or are currently working on, with funds from FIPSE competitive grants. As you look at the maps, be sure to click on some of the pushpins or the names at the left so that you can see places to go for more information about the projects, contact information for the project director, and Web sites offering educational resources.

Map of North American Mobility in Higher Education grants, FY 2006-FY 2009
This map shows the 29 North American Mobility in Higher Education Program grants awarded by the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education between FY 2006 and FY 2009. The pins indicate all U.S., Canadian, and Mexican lead institutions.

U.S.-Russia Program Grants FY 2007–FY 2009
This map shows the nine U.S.-Russia Program grants awarded by the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, between FY 2007 and FY 2009. The map includes pins for all U.S. and Russian lead institutions. For more information about individual grant projects, click on the institution and then click on the project name in the pop-up window. This link will take you to a project abstract, contact information for project directors and partners, and links to project Web sites.

EU-U.S. Atlantis Program Grants FY 2006-FY 2009
This map shows the 68 European Union-U.S. Atlantis Program grants awarded by the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, between FY 2006 and FY 2009. For more information about individual grant projects, click on the U.S. institution and then click on the project name in the pop-up window. This link will take you to a project abstract, contact information for project directors and partners, and links to project Web sites.

U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program Grants FY 2006-FY 2009
This map shows the 47 U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program grants that were awarded between FY 2006 and FY 2009. The map includes pins for all U.S. lead and partner institutions and contains links to project abstracts, contact information for project directors and partners, and links to project Web sites. FIPSE would also like to thank CAPES Brazilian Ministry of Education for adding in pins for all the Brazilian lead and partner institutions as well as project and contact information in Portuguese. All teams are grouped by grant and organized alphabetically by the U.S. lead institution.

Higher Education Disaster Relief (HEDR) FY 2009
This is a map showing the 84.938R HEDR projects administered by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education. Total funds awarded $15,000,000.

FIPSE Innovation to Address Remediation
This map shows FIPSE competitive grants that addressed some aspect of remedial postsecondary education in an innovative way.

FIPSE Competitive Grants Awarded FY 2006-FY 2008
This map shows the FIPSE grants that were awarded in FY 2006, FY 2007, and FY 2008 in the Comprehensive Grant Program, the U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program, the United States-Russia Program, the Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education, the European Union – United States Atlantis Program, and the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program. These are all competitive grant programs.

Archives Which Have Received FIPSE Funding
This is a map showing archives which have received funding from the Fund. The Internet address of each archive was live as of 4/1/2009.

FIPSE Projects in Energy Technology
These are FIPSE grants that deal with innovation in the field of energy technology.

FIPSE Competitive Grants to Community Colleges, FY 2000 – FY 2008
The 83 competitive grants awarded by FIPSE to community colleges between FY 2000 and FY 2008.

Videos

Some FIPSE grantees have posted videos of their projects. Some can be located on YouTube; some are on project Web sites. Because these videos were unsolicited and not an official part of any project, they are generally not captioned for the hearing impaired. If someone would like more information about these project videos, they can contact Susan Lehmann at FIPSE.

Publications by FIPSE Grantees

Dr. Rhonda C. Grego, project director for a 1997 FIPSE Comprehensive grant, has published Teaching/Writing in Thirdspaces: The Studio Approach (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric) which she co-authored with Nancy S. Thompson. This 2008 book, which cites her FIPSE grant "The Bridges Writing Program (BWP) at Benedict College" several times, was published by the Conference on College Composition and Communication at the National Council of Teachers of English. More information about the FIPSE grant may be found at http://www.fipseaed.org/grantshow.cfm?grantNumber=P116B971289. Examples of other FIPSE projects in the field of remedial postsecondary education may be found at FIPSE Innovation to Address Remediation.

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