Unlock Your Professional Potential with ICISP
Explore transformative opportunities that elevate your career in academia through our specialized programs.
Empowering Educators Globally
Become a Member
Take the next step to join globally-focused colleagues across the Midwest.
The Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs (ICISP) is dedicated to fostering the growth and development of faculty, staff and administrators through international collaboration, informative educational events, and professional development opportunities. Our mission is to support academic professionals in expanding their global perspectives while providing resources to help students do the same.
Professional Development Opportunities
2-week exchange
This in-person international exchange matches U.S. faculty and administrators with counterparts from Finland and the Netherlands. In hosting and then visiting with their exchange partner, participants will experience higher education in another country and learn about innovative pedagogy and practices through a comparative immersion program.
Seminars / Webinars
From program development to financial aid and every topic in between, learn from other global education professionals and expand your expertise. Options include the annual Harper College Global Summit and Humber College (Toronto) summer faculty seminar.
Semester Faculty opportunities
With opportunities in Spain and Ireland, faculty work with students abroad, teach, research and are immersed in higher education abroad.
Summer Faculty opportunities
Serve as the faculty liaison/director and lead students during their month-long summer study abroad in Costa Rica, France, Ghana or Ireland.
Site Visits
Experience the student experience. Join ICISP on site to evaluate the academic and co-curricular programming of our student programs abroad.