At the risk of patting ourselves in the back, I feel strongly that we do embrace the global perspective and the learning that is being promoted in the readings; I also think that we are able to instill that knowledge to our students, or at least the desire to learn about cultural differences and globalization.
I always have a little fear that as we become more "global" we sometimes lose some of our differences - our local culture. I remember moving to Boston in the 70s and finding out that "tonic" meant soda (pop) - I'm not sure who even uses that term anymore. Is that the fate of local cultures under globalization? Understanding, accepting, embracing differences is fantastic and enjoyable - sharing our own differences (I know many faculty members who are at least bi-cultural) is always fun and reassuring of the value of said differences.
On a separate note, I was struck with the comment about assessments - I am confident that we do not do much "multiple-choice" as an assessment, rather a variety of different types - both traditional and more technologically driven.
Gabe
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