Director, Tufts University Institute for Global Leadership
Throughout its existence, RefugePoint has maintained a very close strategic partnership with and received critical support from the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University, and its Director, Sherman Teichman.
The Institute for Global Leadership is a cross-school, interdisciplinary, signature program of Tufts University, founded in 1986.
The mission of the Institute for Global Leadership is to prepare new generations of critical thinkers for effective and ethical leadership, ready to act as global citizens in addressing international and national issues across cultures. In 2005, the Institute for Global Leadership was named a distinctive, cross-school program of the University, with the objective of enhancing the interdisciplinary quality and engaged nature of a Tufts education and to serve as an incubator of innovative ways to educate learners at all levels in understanding and engaging difficult and compelling global issues. The Institute encourages ?thinking beyond boundaries and acting across borders.?
The Institute emphasizes rigorous academic preparation and experiential learning. Students learn through intensive engagement in classes, global research, internships, workshops, simulations and international symposia — all involving national and international leaders from the public and private sectors. These activities stress critical and normative thinking, written and oral communication skills, problem solving, and an interdisciplinary approach to learning. There is an emphasis both on individual progress and on collaborative effort. Students produce tangible outcomes to their studies through their research projects, the international forums, and other significant initiatives. The experiences help stimulate intellectual curiosity and build individual self-confidence and independence, while at the same time developing analytical and practical leadership and decision-making skills.
