U.S. Higher Education Administrators in Berlin - German-American Fulbright Commission

US Administrators Angela Miller from the University of Florida and Becky Gilbert from the University of California Santa Cruz in conversation with Karsten Voigt, Former Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office — U.S. Administrators Angela Miller from the University of Florida and Becky Gilbert from the University of California Santa Cruz in conversation with Karsten Voigt, Former Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office

Administrators from all over the U.S. and a wide range of different schools have traveled to Berlin to familiarize themselves with the German Higher Education system: Due to free tuition, high quality of academic training and successful incorporation of vocational aspects, Germany is attractive to students from the United States. Simultaneously, the language barrier and non-matching academic calendars pose challenges. Many German schools overcome these for instance by offering tailored degree programs and summer schools in English, as the U. S. administrators found out during their site visits of various schools in Berlin.

After a comprehensive introduction into the German Higher Education System and its internationalization through lectures, discussions and campus visits, the participants have now split up into groups and are traveling to various schools in Germany for hands-on experience outside the capital. Stay tuned for more updates on their adventures here!

Listening attentively at the conference room of the German-American Fulbright Commission

If you would like to learn more about the program from a participant’s perspective:
Dr. Grant Norton, Dean and Professor of the Honors College at Washington State University-Pullman, is blogging about the Fulbright program on his school’s website: https://honors.wsu.edu/category/honors-dean-in-germany