About Us
NOBLE Goals:
- Promote value of language and cross-cultural proficiency in today’s workforce
- Understand the value of business and technology as part of every day life skills
- Foster global literacy through interdisciplinary connections
- Increase competitiveness of our students by increasing their awareness of global perspectives
- Improve articulation among secondary and post-secondary institutions
- Encourage interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty of foreign language, business, and other professional schools
The CIBER of the University of Florida has provided seed money for the NOBLE project. The Centers for International Business Education (CIBER) Program was created under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to increase and promote the nation’’s capacity for international understanding and economic enterprise. Administered by the U.S. Department of Education (under Title VI, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965), the CIBER program has linked the manpower and information needs of U.S. business with the international education, language training, and research capacities of universities throughout the United States.
CIBER K-12 and College Outreach Mission
One of the goals of the CIBER network is to develop and support initiatives designed to infuse international perspectives into pre-university educational programs. NOBLE is one such initiative. Other typical projects range from the development and dissemination of curriculum guidelines and materials, teacher professional development activities, and student-based projects.
