ASDP/ARC PROFILE

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA

Institution:
Community College of Philadelphia
1700 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130

Contact:
Dr. Fay Beauchamp, Director ASDP Regional Center
Professor of English and Humanities Coordinator
(215) 751-8668; beaufay@voicemail.com

Brief Institutional Description: Comprehensive public community college w. 34,000 headcount, 410 full-time and 1200 part-time faculty; serves the city of Philadelphia with one main campus and three small regional centers.

Asian/International Stage of Development: International Option for Liberal Arts Curriculum has been created in the last seven years and is growing. Asian courses which have successfully run include Japanese Culture and Civ., Chinese Culture and Civ., Modern Asia/Africa, Anthropology of Asian Peoples; Japanese 101-102, Chinese 101-102; courses that have recently been developed include Asian Literature, Humanities: South and Southeast Asia, Japanese 201-202, Chinese 201-202. Infusion of Asian materials throughout the curriculum is strong especially in humanities courses.

Recent/Planned Activities: In past five years 4 faculty have attended the ASDP 3-week institute, 4 additional faculty participated in field trips. Fay Beauchamp participated in the Teaching China-US Seminar 2001 and, with ARC President Joe Overton, secured a grant for the Japan Studies Association to run a summer seminar in June 2002; funding is from the Japan-US Friendship Commission. Study abroad programs began in 2001, but not in Asia.

Faculty Resources: David Prejsnar, Coordinator of International Studies, teaches Japanese Culture and Civ., has been co-director of many grants. Diane Freedman has developed many anthropology courses with Asian units; Pairat Sethbhakdi initiated our International Festival. All three have been active in ASDP conferences and seminars along with Michael Salvato (Art), Arlene Caney (Music), Ely Marquez and Lynne Shivers (English).

Grants: Two two-year Title VI grants focused one year on Japan and China and another year on South/Southeast Asia. Through Roberta Martin at Columbia University, funding from the Center for Global Partnerships supported a faculty institute on Japan. We have had a Japan Foundation Library grant. A Title VI grant with the second year on global themes (including Asia) is pending a March 1, 2002 notification date.