Global Problem Solving Consortium
Today’s university students will inherit a world characterized by pressing global challenges. They must be prepared to focus their intellectual skills on problems of world health, unequal access to resources, environment degradation, and more. It is incumbent upon institutions of higher education to prepare students better to confront these pressing concerns. In response to this challenge, George Mason University invited a select group of prestigious international institutions to join a new Global Problem Solving Consortium in 2012. The Consortium’s objective is to offer focused programs that bring their students and faculty members together to improve both their knowledge of global issues and their awareness of how other major societies approach these issues. The Consortium will offer its first summer workshop, on Water Management for Environmental Sustainability, in July 2013. The Consortium is just getting started but it has already given rise to several team-taught courses and Consortium members are discussing a number of other activities. For more information and a list of contacts at each university, please contact Madelyn Ross, Global Consortium Director at George Mason University, at mross3@gmu.edu.
Upcoming: Water Management and Sustainability Workshop sponsored by e4 Foundation
Partner Institutions
Global Problem Solving Fellows Program Enrolling Now- Spring 2013
Water Management and Sustainability Workshop at Mason- Summer 2013
Networked Courses to be offered in 2013-2014
Confronting Global Challenges: A Multilateral Online Mini-Course
2012 Conference: Report from Mason News
Pictures from 2012 Conference
