2010-2011 - United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia

Strengthening Our
Network
ENSURING
EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION
More than 100 individuals from
53 institutions in 13 countries
and regions of Asia participated
in the United Board’s leadership
and faculty development
programs.
Leadership and Faculty Development Programs
Excellence in education has been the overarching goal
of all the United Board’s work in higher education
in Asia, from its founding in 1922 to the present
day. Over the decades, the United Board’s primary
focus has been undergraduate education. Its faculty
and leadership development programs create new
opportunities for dynamic educators, who ultimately
enrich the experience of young learners.
How can we measure success? In the simplest
terms, we can count the significant number of
individuals who participate each year in our faculty
and leadership development programs, such as the
Asian University Leaders Program, United Board
Fellows Program, Faculty Scholarship Program and
Institute for Advanced Study in Asian Cultures and
Theologies. These numbers are satisfying, but more
inspiring are program participants’ reports of the
United Board’s impact on their professional and
personal lives. Participants seize opportunities to
learn more in their fields of specialization, observe
different styles of teaching and management, and
experience daily life in another culture, all of which
they bring back to their home institutions. We
have the reward of encountering these individuals
throughout Asia, as they share with us the ways in
which their United Board experience multiplies the
resources available for teaching and learning.
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