ABSTRACT
Relational approaches to building enthusiastic and successful international alumni begin with recruiting, admitting, and welcoming students, and supporting them socially and academically throughout their college career. These approaches support the identities of international and other culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students as core members of the university community. Schools that seek to educate “global citizens” need ways to recognize, benchmark, and evaluate internationalization to assess outcomes of global learning and intercultural competence. Investment in Study Abroad can be leveraged through returning students playing a greater role with their CLD peers on campus, while cross-cultural on-campus programming fosters intercultural learning and reaches a wider range of students. Modern language study should be supported for students throughout the curriculum. The chapter gives budget implications for the initiatives in the book and proposes that a sufficient return on investment accrues through more engaged, supportive alumni who develop international branches of alumni associations, assist with recruiting, host Study Abroad, and provide valuable word-of-mouth advocacy. Finally, the role of the intensive English program in internationalizing the campus is discussed, from its serving as an incubator for international expertise on campus to its mission as a portal to matriculation.
