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In 2005, The American Council on Education (ACE) asked the American Political Science Association to join a project geared towards internationalization of the undergraduate curricula in American universities. APSA responded by requesting that the Teaching and Learning Committee and the ad hoc Committee on Internationalizing the Undergraduate Curriculum direct an initiative to increase cross-cultural awareness in the discipline and collect "best practices" for teaching sensitivity to the demands of the global context. The APSA Committees gathered best practices for internationalized curricula from administrators and faculty across subfields. The committees' research suggests that the most effective practices are those that that emphasize learning outcomes, motivate students by means of active learning strategies, motivate faculty with incentive and award programs, and seek to build complex communities of students, administrations, faculty, government and the private sector. Best practices build curricula, have institution and department-wide visions, and are responsive to the specific concerns of individual students and faculty. Several other associations also responded to this transdisciplinary call, including the American Association of Geographers, the American Sociological Association, the American Historical Association, and the American Psychological Association. To Review APSA's Committee Report Click Here
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