CCNMTL's Global Learning Initiative begins with Columbia’s commitment to a new level of global engagement and marries it to the power of network technology, creating new opportunities for collaborations that enrich the university's educational programs.
Global Master's in Development Practice
The Global Master's in Development Practice (MDP) is a two-year degree providing graduate-level students with the skills and knowledge required to better identify and address the global challenges of sustainable development, such as poverty, population, health, conservation, climate change, and agricultural productivity. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation...
Global Classroom
The Global Classroom project provides an incomparable opportunity for students and professors at multiple institutions around the world to actively collaborate in shared courses. Live, global discussion sessions form a key component of every Global Classroom course, allowing course participants to interact in real time. These synchronous activities, in turn,...
MAC AIDS Fund Leadership Initiative
The MAC AIDS Leadership Initiative trains fellows from South Africa in HIV/AIDS prevention at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) and Columbia University. The initiative is a 12-month training program designed to cultivate new leaders in HIV/AIDS prevention who will...
"Through the MAC AIDS Fund Leadership Initiative, we are breaking new ground in identifying the next generation of emerging leaders in HIV prevention in South Africa. Our Fellows develop innovative prevention plans during their intensive training period in New York....
- Anke A. Ehrhardt, Director of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Professor of Medical Psychology and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
“The Global Classroom provides the opportunity for expert lecturers and diverse bodies of students to hold a real-time worldwide discussion on the world's foremost problems of sustainable development so that together they, and we, can brainstorm on solutions. The idea...
- Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management