Elevate

Elevate is an incentivized curricular innovation initiative that supports majors, departments, or schools to help their students achieve the global skills and intercultural competence they need for their future. Offered by CILMAR and IDA+A, Elevate is designed for impact, sustainability, and accountability.

Impact

Scaffolded intercultural competence development
Reaching all undergraduate students in program
Integration of intercultural learning throughout the curriculum

Sustainability

Curriculum mapping
Major-, department-, or school-level collaboration
Structural changes to program of study

Accountability

Alignment with Embedded Learning Outcomes
Program-wide assessment
Evidence of growth

5 Departments/Programs Involved in the Pilot Year

2022-2023
Department/Program	College	Year Initiated
Technology Leadership and Innovation	Purdue Polytechnic Institute	2022
Spanish and Portuguese	Liberal Arts	2023
Biological Sciences	Science	2023
Mechanical Engineering	Engineering	2023
Undergraduate Elementary Teaching Certification	Education	2023

Exemplars from Purdue's School of Languages and Cultures

Curriculum mapping for embedding intercultural learning (ICL) into SPAN 100- and 200- level classes

Curriculum mapping for embedding ICL into SPAN 300- and 400- level classes

Curriculum mapping for embedding intercultural learning (ICL) into PTGS 100-level classes

Sample of ICL embedded into the SPAN 302 syllabus

Sample of ICL embedded into the PTGS syllabus

For more information on Elevate, including how your program can participate, please contact Dr. Aletha Stahl or Dr. Tatjana Babic Williams.

Updated August 11, 2023