Projects

The U.S. USINTEC universities, Ohio State University (Ohio State), Indiana University (IU), and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) offer customized programs on their campuses tailored to the needs of groups of Indonesian students and faculty from partner universities. They also are admitting Indonesian students to their graduate degree programs in education.

Indonesian students and postdoctoral scholars are supported by competitive scholarships awarded by units of the Indonesian Ministry of National Education. Since 2008 scholarships have been provided by the Directorate General for Higher Education, Directorate General for Quality Improvement of Teachers and Educational Personnel, Bureau of Planning and International Cooperation, and American Indonesian Exchange Foundation.

USINTEC had a Higher Education for Development (HED)/U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) grant which seeded some of its early work in Indonesia.

The USINTEC institutions are working collaboratively to address Indonesia's development needs to certify 2.7 million teachers and to upgrade faculty qualifications at partner institutions. Development efforts being pursued by USINTEC include dual master's degree programs and enhancement of the English language centers at partner institutions.

Doctoral Sandwich Program

The Doctoral Sandwich Program is a customized four-month program designed to provide students pursuing doctoral degrees at Indonesian universities with access to current resources in the U.S. The program goal is to improve the quality of the students' dissertation research.

The program is sandwiched between students' doctoral coursework in Indonesia and their doctoral dissertation research. The students are junior lecturers at public and private universities throughout Indonesia. The areas of study they are pursuing include the full range of specializations in the field of education.

Programs of Academic Recharging (PAR A, B, and C)

The Programs of Academic Recharging (PAR A, B, and C) are customized programs designed to provide Indonesian university administrators, professors, senior lecturers, and lecturers who hold doctoral degrees with extended periods of professional development study abroad. The program goals include strengthening ongoing linkages among U.S. and Indonesian universities, developing collaborative degree and exchange programs, preparing articles and books for publication, and planning or conducting joint research.

Teacher Quality and School Leadership Graduate Non-Degree Master's Sandwich Program

The Teacher Quality and School Leadership Graduate Non-Degree Master's Sandwich Program is a customized four-month program designed to provide students pursuing master’s degrees at State University of Padang (UNP) with study abroad coursework. The program goal is to increase the students' knowledge about U.S. practices and efforts to prepare quality teachers and school administrators. The students earn 12 credit hours while in the U.S. which counts toward the requirements for their degrees from UNP.

Conducted by the Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology in 2008, the program was sandwiched between students' coursework in Indonesia and their master's theses. The UNP students were teachers, principals, vice principals, and supervisors in village and urban schools in West Sumatra.

Strengthening Institutional Capacity in Elementary Teacher Education, Grant to USINTEC

From 2007 to 2010, USINTEC had a Higher Education for Development (HED)/U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) grant which seeded some of its early work in Indonesia, specifically in elementary teacher education. The New Innovative Development and Engagement across Sectors (New IDEAS) grant program enables U.S. colleges, universities, and community colleges to propose programs with overseas partners to strengthen institutional capacity to address development issues. In the USINTEC case, the U.S. and Indonesian USINTEC institutions are working collaboratively to address Indonesia’s development need to certify 2.7 million teachers.

USINTEC Dual Master’s Degree Programs

The USINTEC member universities are developing dual master's degree programs to begin in 2011. Indonesian students will receive a U.S. master's degree from Ohio State, IU, or UIUC as well as an Indonesian master's degree from a partner university. The programs will build institutional capacity and address national needs in elementary teacher education and English language teaching.