Center for International Education and Development Assistance (CIEDA), Indiana University Bloomington
Center for International Education and Development Assistance (CIEDA)
Indiana University Bloomington
[posted February 2001]: Indiana Consortium for International Programs (ICIP) and the Center for International Education and Development Assistance
(CIEDA) at IU-Bloomington are collaborating in a four-year institutional
development project for the American University of Kyrgyzstan (AUK) (in
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) with funding from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The project provides exchange visits
for periods ranging from three weeks to 10 months for up to 30 ICIP faculty
and administrators and 22 AUK faculty and staff. The visits include
training, curriculum development, and research activities. In addition, 13
AUK faculty will study for MA degree programs in the social sciences and
humanities at 3 ICIP member universities.
Currently, the project is seeking interest from ICIP faculty in US History
for a one-semester curriculum development/teaching assignment at AUK in the
2001-2002 academic year. The project would pay salary replacement for one
semester, benefits, RT travel, visa costs, housing, excess baggage and
medical evacuation insurance. Anyone interested in this possibility should
contact Charles Reafsnyder at IU-Bloomington, 812:855-8882, or e-mail.
Finally, the AUK project provides a substantial sum for the shipping of
donated books. Several retiring ICIP members have already contributed
substantial personal collections. Faculty who have complimentary copies of
books and journals or other text and book materials in the social sciences
and humanities and would like to donate them to AUK should contact Julie
O'Sullivan, e-mail.
Anyone interested in having speakers or a program for classes or other
occasions on Krygyzstan/Central Asia presented by AUK visiting faculty and
graduate students should contact Kay Ikranagara to discuss possible
arrangements, e-mail.