1. THE STUDY OF MIGRATION AT TWO JESUIT UNIVERSITIES THOMAS LEGLER — UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA GERARDO MARIN — UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015

2. THE STUDY OF MIGRATION AT TWO JESUIT UNIVERSITIES Response to Pressing Current Concerns Over 230 million people live outside home country Over 700,000 refugees in Europe in 2015 36 million U.S. residents are foreign born (11 million are undocumented) 500,000 Nicaraguans live outside Nicaragua Variety of Motivations and Needs Migration to avoid violence & discrimination Escaping poverty Seeking refuge from political/economic threats/conditions International mobility in search of employment, education People trafficking

3. THE STUDY OF MIGRATION AT CATHOLIC JESUIT UNIVERSITIES 1.Service of Faith and Promotion of Justice (General Congregation 32, 1975) 2.Migration as one of the Society’s Apostolic Preferences (Fr. Kolvenbach, 2003) 3.Service to Needs of Migrants as an Apostolic Preference (General Congregation 35, 2007) 4.Migration as a Right; Respect for Human Dignity of Migrants (U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference & Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano, Strangers No Longer, 2003) 5.Promoting the common good where justice helps students to contribute to proper governance (The Promotion of Justice in the Universities of The Society, 2015)

4. HISTORICAL GENESIS OF THE PROGRAM(S) 1.Ibero Ciudad de México approaches USF in May 2013 2.Faculty and administrators exchange visits to both campuses (N=5) 3.Temporary change from a joint degree to twin programs (2014) 4.Individual programs approved (spring/fall 2015) 5.MOU signed (august 2015) 6.Programs begin (august 2016) 7.Convergence to a joint degree (date unknown)

5. GUIDING PRINCIPLES/PHILOSOPHY OF THE PROGRAM 1.Equal, horizontal participation of both institutions 2.Holistic, interdisciplinary perspective on migration (disciplinary dialogue and shared discernment) 3.Migration as a global phenomenon 4.Incorporate the voices and experiences of migrants 5.Joint development of curriculum 6.Complementarity of institutional expertise 7.Justice as a driving force of curriculum and co- curriculum 8.Practical experiences as significant component (“Students,…must let the gritty reality of the world into their lives… [Fr. Kolvenbach, 2000]”)

6. CURRENT DESIGN OF TWIN PROGRAMS 1.Four semesters of face-to-face academic content a.Seven required courses (International Mobility, Public Policy, Identities, Principles of Social Intervention, etc.) b.Four research seminars c.Three Special Topics (Acculturation, Civic Society Engagement, Economics of Migration, Filipino Diaspora, Forced Migration, etc.) 2.Immersion experience (at Jesuit institution) between year one and year two (Mexico, U.S. Border, Central America, Northern Africa, Europe, Asia, etc.) 3.One semester studying abroad at sister institution (“reciprocal exchange”) 4.Capstone is a publishable article 5.Taught in English

7. UNANTICIPATED CHALLENGES 1.Institutional bureaucracy 2.Accreditors/government agencies (WASC, SEP) 3.If something can go wrong, it will

8. LESSONS LEARNED 1.Ease of working with another Jesuit university 2.Value of support from Presidents/Rectores (Stephen Privett, S.J. & Paul Fitzgerald, S.J. at USF; José Morales Orozco, S.J. and David Fernández Dávalos, S.J. at Ibero) 3.Importance of support from academic authorities (Provost Jennifer Turpin at USF; Vicerrector Alejandro Guevara at Ibero) 4.Need for flexibility and willingness to cooperate and find solutions 5.Everything takes longer than expected 6.Essential role of enthusiastic faculty and administrative “shepherding” (madrinas y padrinos) 7.Need to institutionalize (people’s jobs and responsibilities change)

9. Thank you! “[Jesuit academic programs should be]…personally transformative and prevent the globalization of superficiality...[integrating] depth of thought and imagination…intelectual rigor with reflection on the experience of reality…” Adolfo Nicolas, S.J. (2010)