Table 3: Institutionalizing COIL: Embedding Global Learning and Workforce Readiness Across the Curriculum

As global learning and workforce readiness become institutional imperatives, collaborative online international learning (COIL) offers a proven, barrier-free model for embedding global learning into the curriculum. This roundtable will explore how colleges and universities can move beyond isolated efforts to strategically institutionalize COIL across disciplines and departments. Drawing on experiences from SUNY COIL, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, participants will examine COIL’s impact on student agency and career-connected skills such as collaboration across multi-ethnic teams, critical thinking and research, and global competence. Presenters will share models including blended mobility, community-based global projects, and COIL-linked digital badges and internships. This session will offer actionable strategies for integrating COIL as a sustainable, high-impact practice that prepares students for today’s interconnected and artificial intelligence (AI)-augmented workforce.