Recently five delegates from a University in Mongolia visited New Mexico State University.
The delegates from Mongolia National University of Education visited New Mexico State University to discuss ways to find more collaboration and future educational opportunities.
Dr. Candace Kaye, from NMSU’s College of Education worked as a liaison for the trip. Dr. Kaye talks about this unique visit.
“We are supporting and learning from them, at the same time they are going through extensive educational reform, going from a Russian-based education to more of a student-centered or democratic process, and they are looking to have support in that,” says Kaye.
Dr. Khujuu Tamir, Vice President of Academic Affairs of Mongolia National University of Education says the trip is to find out more possible ways to work together.
“This trip is to work on the possibilities to cooperate together to develop online programs for undergraduate and graduate level. The second is to develop English Programs,” says Dr. Tamir.
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Colin Large, with NMSU’s International Programs also took part in meetings with the delegation. He says there are possibilities of collaboration in online coursework at the graduate level. Large also says that there may also be collaboration with language development programs.
“Particularly towards academic language, higher order presentation skills-writing articles, publication level writing skills,” says Large.
The delegation also traveled to Santa Fe where they were recognized at the State Legislature.
