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The What, Why & How of Building Intercultural Competence in Higher Education

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You'll receive access to the training immediately upon registration.

This training is for you if...

  • you’re an educator working with youth or adults
  • your institution has a vision, mission statement, or strategic plan that refers to intercultural or cultural competence, global citizenship, inclusive excellence, or similar, and you’re looking to implement or support that mission/vision
  • you’d like to better understand what intercultural competence and intercultural development are
  • or maybe you understand what intercultural competence is and why it’s important, but you want to be able to better articulate this and get buy-in from colleagues or leaders at your school/organization
  • you just like learning!

By participating in this training, you’ll better understand…

  • how diversity, inclusion, and intercultural competence are related
  • the meaning of terms like culture, intercultural competence, intercultural development, intercultural learning, and more
  • intercultural learning as a developmental process
  • a framework to help you foster intercultural development (your own, your students’, or your colleagues’)
  • what an institution should focus on first when looking to build intercultural competence
  • …and much more!
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Training Includes...


Three brief yet highly informative videos:

Why building intercultural competence is so important in higher education today

What intercultural competence is (and isn't) and what developing it entails

How to begin building intercultural competence at your institution or organization

Why building intercultural competence is so important in higher education today

What intercultural competence is (and isn't) and what developing it entails

How to begin building intercultural competence at your institution or organization

+ Your Discussion Guide

Training also includes Field Notes, an eight-page downloadable PDF that contains a summary of key ideas and relevant resources for each video, plus reflection questions that can be used to facilitate a discussion on your campus or for personal reflection.

Meet Tara Harvey, Ph.D.


Hello! I’m Tara. I’m on a mission to help all educators learn to better navigate cultural differences, create more inclusive communities, and integrate intercultural learning into their work.

I founded True North Intercultural in 2016 because I’ve learned a lot about intercultural teaching and learning in the past 20+ years, and want to share this with other educators so we can do good together. My doctoral studies and research examined the complex process of facilitating intercultural learning. In addition, I’ve worked in various areas of international education, developed and taught intercultural courses, and been an intercultural coach and trainer.

I created this free training to answer some of the questions I’m most frequently asked, and increase understanding and involvement in intercultural learning in higher education. My hope is that it will help you better understand what intercultural competence entails, why it’s important, and how you can get started. I encourage you to use the training to start a conversation about building intercultural competence at your school or organization!

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