Members—

Charges—

Standing Charges

1. Develop contact with the leadership of international student organizations and international student senators, and other interested parties. Ensure that connections will persist once specific students leave the university.
2. Develop contact with the leadership of other international organizations, including faculty and staff groups (see FY2023 final report for suggestions).
3. Continue to review and make recommendations on how the University may better accommodate access to supportive services to international students, including increasing awareness of these services.
4. Review and provide input on new policies that relate to international students’ studies, research, teaching, and exchange programs.
5. Continue to assess and as needed make recommendations on how the University may better acknowledge and support international students and incorporate cross-cultural competencies within the university’s diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) mission and initiatives.
6. Review the International Student Fee and how it is utilized, as well as proposed increases and how such decisions are made.

Specific Charges

1. Track progress on the ACE Internationalization Lab report recommendations, specifically inviting speakers from the Office of International Affairs and International Student Services to provide updates about the implementation of ACE goals aligned with Jayhawks Rising.
2. Continue to monitor events and global challenges (e.g., war, women’s rights, economic insecurities) and how these are impacting or being experienced by our international students. Communicate with international student representatives to learn about the challenges and concerns of international students.
3. Conduct surveys or interviews with international students about their perceptions of inflation, rising housing, food cost, safety across campus, health and well-being, apartments and resident halls, the resources they are seeking etc. to identify areas of need and focus from KU.
   1. Implement a satisfaction survey on a 3-year schedule. Monitor the actions taken in response to the analysis reports.
   2. Implement exit surveys distributed by International Student Services and/or the Office of International Affairs for all graduating international students.
4. Continue to work with International Student Services to identify international students’ needs in programming and building communities and support international supportive services.
5. In consultation with ISS and KUIA, continue to work to find out about supports for job opportunities for KU degree-holders and license-holders in the U.S. and outside the U.S., and ways that companies may prioritize international students with KU affiliation in the hiring process.
6. Continue to work on obtaining information on the affordability of services like health insurance, transportation to and from the airport and, KUMC to KU, housing, food on campus, and other required services.
7. In consultation with ISS and KUIA, continue to work on obtaining information about trainings (i.e., OPT/CPT).
8. Collaborate with ISS and KUIA to identify opportunities for funding for international students while at KU, grants, scholarships, equitable fees etc. Opportunities should be equitable to in-state students.
9. In consultation with ISS and KUIA, find out about the DEIB initiative and support for international students and faculty members.

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