American Council on Education's "Internationalization in Action"

Heather Ward, Senior Program Specialist at the American Council on Education, is the author of "Internationalizing the Co-curriculum." This installment is the third in a three-part series included in ACE's "Internationalization in Action" initiative and reflects multiple perspectives on how to enhance students' out-of-class experiences as a complement to what is happening in the classroom and laboratory.

ACE was instrumental in supporting student affairs in 1937 when it convened the committee that drafted the "Student Personnel Point of View." ACE's internationalization efforts have embraced and encouraged educators to again approach student engagement and learning as a holistic phenomenon. Organized into the three broad sections of I. Student Affairs on the Front Lines of Internationalization, II. Internationalization of the Student Affairs Profession, and III. Student Affairs in the World, this comprehensive review provides concrete and helpful advice that should be seriously considered by student affairs professionals and broader university leadership. Thankfully, Ward closes with the question of whether or not there is or should be a universal model of student affairs. The answer - student affairs professionals must be culturally aware and flexible in order to respond to the breadth of national and cultural environments where student affairs is now unfolding.