From October 2006, Duke CIBER along with a consortium of nine others CIBERs will host an annual workshop designed to support other business schools interested in establishing academically substantive programs and providing a forum where participants from established programs can explore emerging issues and share best practices.

This initiative creates a comprehensive program and resources for enriching the IB business curriculum and serves students, faculty, and business school administrators nationwide. The workshop will create a forum for exchanging information helpful to administrators and faculty interested in establishing or updating for credit STSA courses. To ensure broad impact, the workshop will be offered to deans, administrators, program directors, and professors at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Faculty who go on to lead STSA classes will gain insights into IB issues that are best suited for exploration in an STSA format. Moreover, preparing to teach and lead an STSA will serve as a vehicle through which business schools can infuse faculty with IB awareness as well as increasing the number of graduates with first hand experience with global business cultures. Scholarships will be available to faculty and administrators from small and under funded institutions.