What is going on?SIT (School for International Training) has been re-named and re-branded. The new name is SIT Graduate Institute. In addition, the MAT/PIM graduate programs are being restructured. The MAT program is being heavily cut. The faculty will be diminished from 9.5 full time faculty positions to 4 (with the summer program positions being reduced to 1). Student numbers will be capped at 30. Faculty, students and alumni have serious, justified concerns about the quality of the future programs being offered, and the financial standards for making these decisions. For the PIM (Program in Intercultural Service, Leadership and Management) program, the plan is to make some of the teaching available overseas in developing countries. Students have been denied more information as to the specifics of these new program models. Why are we concerned?We are concerned that the administration has not utilized a participatory decision-making process involving faculty. This contradicts both the curriculum taught at SIT, and decision-making processes historically promoted by SIT and World Learning. Resistance by alumni, students, and faculty has been documented in letters, video, and petitions. Our questions and requests for information have for the most part gone unanswered.We are working towards the continual representation of the values and
spirit of World Learning through encouraging the administration’s
actions and operations to be reflective of our collective values.
What can we do together?This website is an effort to include the broader community of people interested in the reputation and future of SIT/World Learning, who are voicing resistance to proposed changes and the process being used. We must further the movement to Take Back SIT. Please take the time to educate yourself about the recent changes in the graduate programs at SIT. Read through the documents attached to this page. The documents attached highlight the concerns expressed by the SIT community. Interested in supporting the movement to preserve the quality MAT program? Interested in understanding more about the future strategic changes and what they mean in the long term? Please take a moment & Read the petition signatures - http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/TakeBackSIT/signatures-1.html & if you're interested in supporting please sign the petition - http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/TakeBackSIT/ News & UpdatesWorld Learning Rating on the Better Business Bureau - http://charityreports.bbb.org/public/Report.aspx?CharityID=5861&bureauID=0021Get involvedJoin the movement to continue this amazing organization and learning environment! Send an email to solidarityintraining@gmail.com with your name, email, and desire to participate!Want more information?Check below this page in the "Attachments" section for links to the following documents listed.
What we want is simple, community solidarity, educational quality & good governance. We ask for responsible, honest, transparent leadership that includes the voices, values and spirit of the SIT Community. |