美国孔院联席会议Joint Conference of

Confucius Institute in U. S.

徐造成Zao C. Xu, M.D., Ph.D.

美国印第安纳波利斯孔子学院Confucius Institute in Indianapolis

USA

Sept. 2013

Group 4 Report

Excellent programs to elevate the academic credential of CI; Joint Ph. D. program & Ph. D. in China program issues:

Change the name to avoid some concerns: Remove “joint”? Fellowship/Grant?

Hosting University issues: Expend to partner universities?

Research projects issues: Allow the projects beyond the 100 listed ones

Confucius China Study Plan

Core teacher issues: Senior lecturer, Assistant Prof. level teaching coordinator; Approved by Oct. 1, at least Dec. 1 each year;

Major in Teaching Chinese issues: Nationality issue??

Teacher training, Core Teacher, Major in Teaching Chinese

Name suggestion: (China Day中国语言文化日 ); Time issue:

Sept 19 (China time or U.S. time?) Flexibility: ± one week?

Format issue: Independent or join other establish program

Chinese Language Day

Headquarter-CI Communication issues: Web site of mailing list

Other issues