ICE

ICE Faculty Associates

ICE Advisory Board


	ICE Center Summary

International comparative education is a field devoted to the cross-national study of education and culture. Knowledge-sharing between cultures for the purposes of improving education and the social condition at home and abroad is the focus of The Center for International Comparative Education (ICE) at Bowling Green State University. The ICE Center promotes an international scholarship of engagement through cross-cultural international interdisciplinary research, instructional enhancement, and outreach among faculty, students, and communities. the ICE Center is especially interested in educational improvement in developing regions, such as Africa and the African Diaspora, the Middle East, and with historically marginalized populations in the United States. Dr. Patricia Kubow, Professor, School of Leadership and Policy Studies, is founder and director of the ICE Center, the only one of its kind in the region.

In light of increasing pluralism and greater global interdependence, the ICE Center represents BGSU's commitment to understanding cultures and nations and supports the university's strategic imperatives of developing international understanding and cultural competency. ICE Center activities feature a number of distinct attributes, including an educational focus to research or a social problem, an international or cross-cultural interdisciplinary emphasis, and attention to education and development locally and globally.

The types of questions that ICE Center faculty and students pursue include:

How can communities that have been historically marginalized from resources and opportunities overcome inequities and other barriers through education?
How do race, gender, and socioeconomic status influence the kind and amount of education students receive and their experiences in schools and communities?
What are the possibilities and limitations of globalization and its effects on cultures, nations, education, health, and communications?

Faculty and students from a variety of colleges across campus—namely Arts & Sciences, Education & Human Development, Health & Human Services, Continuing & Extended Education, and Technology—work together and with local and international partners to address such questions. Inquiry, engagement, and achievement among faculty and students through research and instruction enhances a number of degree programs at BGSU, including the Master of Arts in Cross-Cultural and International Education (MACIE), the Master of Public Health, and doctoral programs in Higher Education Administration and Communication Studies.