The GCA has emerged as a leader in global citizenship education, preparing diverse students for work, life, and citizenship in a rapidly globalizing and interdependent world. The GCA also partners with institutions to integrate global citizenship learning into curricula and strategic plans to enhance the global engagement of campuses and to prepare ever-larger number of students for engaged democratic citizenship and global social responsibility.

A GC Seminar is a short-term program offered by the Global Citizenship Alliance for students as well as for faculty and administrators of colleges and universities. It is designed to provide an intensive seven-day, residential international experience for participants to explore pressing issues of global concern and to view such issues from a perspective both literally and figuratively outside the borders of the United States.

Recent studies by ACE, NAFSA, the World Economic Forum, and others highlight a significant gap in international skills, knowledge, and experience among U.S. college students. They call for a major expansion of study abroad opportunities to make undergraduate education more global in scope. The Global Citizenship Seminars address this need by offering U.S. colleges a short-term, affordable, and intensive international experience that helps students and faculty build essential global competencies. To further advance this mission, the Global Citizenship Alliance has also begun recruiting participants internationally.

To expose participants, students and faculty alike, to important global issues and to provide them with critical tools for understanding new developments in world affairs.

A Global Citizenship Seminar helps students and faculty develop greater awareness of global issues and what it means to be a “global citizen.” Participants become more discerning in evaluating information about world affairs and gain a deeper understanding of both America’s role in the world and how the U.S. is perceived abroad. They return to their campuses with this enriched perspective—students bringing it into classroom discussions and campus life, and faculty weaving new ideas and sources into their syllabi and course materials.